 | James L. Ohlson - 1883 - 154 pages
...of three millions of men from bondage, and giving liberty to all who had a right to demand it ? — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this...soil ; — which proclaims, even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1883 - 622 pages
...the giddy rabble Bore me, in triumph, home. Ay !—look upon me.— I know thy sight aches at me. 11. I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, British soil;—which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - 1886 - 912 pages
...without destroying Slavery. ' ' He quoted the sublime language of Curran * touch* In these words : " I speak in the Spirit of the British law, which makes Liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner the moment he sets his foot... | |
 | Thomas M'Cullagh - 1891 - 430 pages
...beyond the Atlantic, and in the southern hemisphere. Like his eloquent countryman Curran, he spoke " in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty...commensurate with and inseparable from British soil." His ceaseless activity was a marked characteristic in Sir William's life. How he managed to keep so... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 474 pages
...consequences or the indelible reproach." The eloquent passage on Universal Emancipation reads as follows : " I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil — which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner the moment he sets foot... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 376 pages
...her mercy too." It inspired Curran to a burst of eloquence, grand, and familiar to all who hear me. " I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...soil, — which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1900 - 992 pages
...speak on this subject with great eloquence, I will close these remarks. " I speak " — said he — " in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty...British soil, which proclaims, even to the stranger and sojourner the moment lie sets his foot on British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
 | 1902 - 698 pages
...Task," Book ii.: "The Timepiece," l, 40. Later John Philpot Curran amplified the idea in these words: "I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 462 pages
...all who had a right to demand it — giving, I say, in the so-much-censured words of this paper, " Universal Emancipation ? " I speak in the spirit of...makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from the British soil — which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his... | |
 | Van Vechten Veeder - 1903 - 656 pages
...extinguished, the people enslaved, and the prince undone." [What a contrast is this with the spirit of British law] "which makes liberty commensurate with...British soil; which proclaims, even to the stranger and sojourner. the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy... | |
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I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads... 
