 | 1808 - 556 pages
...whom we owe our power of repeating with truth — ' Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their (hackles fall. Oh ! this is iioble ! ' Solicitous, even to anxiety, as our author shows himself in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...country, and their fhackles fall. That is noble, and befpeaks a nation proud And jealous of the bleffing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of focial intercourfe, Benevolence, and peace, and mutual aid, Between the nations... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 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, And let it... | |
 | William Cowper - 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, And let it... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 598 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...And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire—that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." * Expressions used in... | |
 | 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...blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of our republic : That where Columbia's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too !"... | |
 | 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...blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of our republic : That where Columbia1! рои'г Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 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 himself: ——'... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 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 then, . And let... | |
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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 then, And let it circulate... 
