 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 páginas
...be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. 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 hmgs Receive our air, that moment they are free;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 páginas
...foolish MUST. FILLED. There is no FLESH in man's obdurate heart, — it does not FEEL for man. 502. Slaves cannot BREATHE in England; if their lungs receive our air, that moment they are FREE. LESSON XXIV. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EMPHASIS.* In sentences where several words are to be emphasized,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 páginas
...myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. 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 40 Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 páginas
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. AVe have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad 1 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... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1850 - 352 páginas
...round the name of England which is imperishable, and beyond the reach of national mutation. That " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free," had become credited, almost as an axiom, even before the famous decision of Lord Mansfield, pronounced... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1899 - 462 páginas
...Mansfield's decision in 1772, in the Somerset case, which determined, from that day to this day, that — " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ! The y touch our country, and their shackles fall ! " But in that year John Lowell lost his chance.... | |
 | John McAuley Palmer - 1899 - 850 páginas
...the turning point in the case. Lovejoy quoted with great effect the lines of Cowper, now so familiar: Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they arc free — They touch our country and their shackles fall! "And," said he, "if this is the glory... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 páginas
...myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. 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 40 Receive our air, that moment they are... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 páginas
...And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Line 29. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ! They tonch our country, and their shackles fall.8 Line 40. Fast-anchor'd isle. Line isi. England, with all... | |
 | Sir James Henry Yoxall - 1902 - 350 páginas
...She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her by a single hair. —Persius, v. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free I They touch our country, and their shackles fall ! —The Task. He that repeateth a matter separateth... | |
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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. 
