 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 str.
...? . v "]) And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." ' In Mr. Curran's defence of Hamilton Rowan, accused of the publication of a seditious libel, there... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 str.
...ferried o-er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe IT England : ii" their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles tall. That's noble, and betpeafe* a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 str.
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er 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; 16 182 THE AMERICAN [Lesso* They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 str.
...complete triumph in its native land. L. SLAVE TRADE. " Slavts cannot breathe In England ;~if their laagi Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...vein Of all your empire, — that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." COWPKR. THERE was a time when slavery was the common... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 str.
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. .Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Ot all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 str.
...celestial-born ; When the first man became a living soul, His sacred genius thou. Dyer's Ruins of Rome. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Cowper's Task, b. 2. Liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from heav'n Fires all the... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - 1824 - 848 str.
...know is a most righteous shame. You are entirely mistaken, Sir; we have no slaves in Great Britain. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. LAND. Aye, Aye I you mean, you have no negirs in England : We know all that, but we also know that... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 str.
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs..., They touch our country, and their shackles fall. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 str.
...abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in .England : if their lungs...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | 1825 - 498 str.
...why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too."... | |
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We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er 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,... 
