 | 1840 - 582 pages
...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation I " * They who could hear such a passage unmoved must have had heads and hearts of stone ! It has been... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Rowan - 1840 - 510 pages
...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty, his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around...stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by their resistable genins of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.' The concluding passage of this speech, of which... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 328 pages
...altar and the god sink together in the dust, his soul walks abroad in her own majesty, his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around...the irresistible genius of Universal Emancipation." It is to be noted, that the seditious libel was uttered in the year 1792, and the prosecution did not... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pages
...touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from...and dis-enthralled, by the irresistible genius of uni. versal emancipation. " This important measure was, at its first introduction, opposed by Mr. Peel,... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from...around him ; and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and dis- en thralled, by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation. " This important measure was,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; Lis body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around...sudden burst of applause from the court and hall. After some time, silence was restored by the authority of Lord Clonmell, who acknowledged the plea*... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...and the God sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from...irresistible genius of " universal emancipation." 41. REPLY TO MR. CORRy's ATTACK ON HIS CHARACTER.— Grattan. violation of the privileges of the house.... | |
 | 1843 - 404 pages
...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; hia body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty— and is this subject a matter of indifference? — Liberty, which, like the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around...sudden burst of applause from the court and hall. After some time, silence was restored by the authority of Lord Clonmell, who acknowledged the plealure... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from...the irresistible Genius of Universal Emancipation. — The grasp of a child's little hand around one of our fingers its mighty little crow, when excited... | |
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... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells... 
