 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 pagine
...only, that the poet was enabled to say, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their tonga Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall." The fact is, the respiration could go on well enough in those parts of her dominions where free labor... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pagine
...steel ; breathe', and it is stained. Slaves cannot hreathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country', and their shackles fall. 5. Betwixt the parts of a sentence introduced by participles, adjectives, infinitives, and prepositions.... | |
 | Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), Samuel Webb - 1838 - 222 pagine
...thrown in his face. True, I am from England, where " Slaves cannot breathe ! If their lungs inhale our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall !"* But what could I expect from one who did not spare his own countryman — the tried and unremunerated... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pagine
...parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lung* 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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pagine
...parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive her 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... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1839 - 172 pagine
...Cowper thus beautifully writes: — " Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Imbibe 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 on then, And let it... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pagine
...1785 355 Slaves cannot breathe in England 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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pagine
...parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; 1 if their lungs 40 Receive our That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
 | Clara Linklater Thomson - 1914 - 82 pagine
...she sees inflicted on a beast. . . . 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... | |
 | A. C. E. Vechtman-Veth - 1928 - 352 pagine
...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. (COWPER, Th« Task.) Ik zou veel liever zelf de slaaf En de ketenen dragen, dan ze [hem aandoen. Wjj... | |
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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. 
