 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 Seiten
...ferried o'er the wave 35 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 county, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing.... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 Seiten
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. 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 CHAPTER JV. SECTION 1. ; The. morning in summer.... | |
 | John Jackson (of Hull.) - 1829 - 52 Seiten
...rather be myself a slave, And wear the bonds that fasten them on him. Slaves cannot breath 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,... | |
 | Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 Seiten
...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, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing, Spread it then,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 Seiten
...ferried o'er the wave 35 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's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it... | |
 | 1876 - 494 Seiten
...eularn," gan feddwl am liuellau prydferth y bardd Seisonig : — "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." Ac felly y mae... | |
 | 1924 - 654 Seiten
...Task," written 1783-1785 imitated this in his wellknown lines : "Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free. They touch our country and their shackles fall." 250 conclusively established that there was not a real difference in status between... | |
 | John Wesley Cromwell - 1914 - 344 Seiten
...no such law. This decision inspired Cowper's lines: Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lunga Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. "The Story of the Slave," see, also, "Slavery and Anti-Slavery," William Goodell, for... | |
 | Michel Fabre - 1991 - 388 Seiten
...time the only, cultural link between American Negroes and France. 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's lines epitomized England's aspiration to be the champion of abolitionism. In... | |
 | Suzanne Miale Miller, Suzanne M. Miller, Barbara McCaskill - 1993 - 318 Seiten
...Americans' own hypocrisy. "Slaves cannot breathe in England," William Cowper had rejoiced in 1785, "if their lungs / Receive our air, that moment they are free! / They touch our country, and their shackles fall" (Task, 1836-1837, Book II, line 40). By act of Parliament and official decree, England... | |
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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. 
