| William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...the wave, That partc us, are emancipate and loofed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their fhackles fall. That is noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...their lungs •Receive our air, that mbment they are free ; They touch our country, and their {hackles fall. That's noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blefllrig. Spread it then, And let it circulate -through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That is noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...the present hour. Cowper says, very beautifully, " Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall." The celebrated Mr. Curran, in the course of one of his splendid orations, thus expressed... | |
| 1808 - 602 pages
...saying, iii the memorable words of Cowper, • *' Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs " Receive our air, that moment they are free ; " They touch our country, and their shackles fall !" * To him,' (says Mr. C.) ' we owe it, that we no longer see our public papers polluted... | |
| 1808 - 614 pages
...Co-super emphatically apply to Maiiachiuettt r " SLAVES cannot breathe in Matsachusetts ; if their lunge Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble ! and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then,... | |
| Congregational churches - 1808 - 604 pages
...Confer emphatically apply to Massachusetts ; " SLAVES cannot breathe in Massachusetts ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble ! and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then,... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - Abolitionists - 1808 - 596 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall *. That 's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it... | |
| 1809 - 914 pages
...power of repeating with truth — . " Slaves cannot breathe in England. If dieir lungs Receive oui- air, that moment they are free. They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Oh ¡"this is noble!" Solicitous, even to anxiety, as our author shows himself, in developing... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fajl. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,... | |
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