 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...complete triumph in its native land. L. SLAVE TRADE. " Slavts cannot breathe In England ;~if their laagi Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire, — that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too."... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...first man became a living soul, His sacred genius thou. Dyer's Ruins of Rome. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Cowper's Task, b. 2. Liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from heav'n Fires all the... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...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 touch our country, and their shackles fall. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - 1824 - 848 pages
...shame. You are entirely mistaken, Sir; we have no slaves in Great Britain. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. LAND. Aye, Aye I you mean, you have no negirs in England : We know all that, but we also know that... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." There is no feeling of the heart that is more acceptable... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...themselves OHCC ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment...vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. — COVVTER, CHAP. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. SECTION I. Tlie... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...themselves once 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...vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPKR. *• ' CHAPTER IV. SECTION 1. The morning inrimmer.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 248 pages
...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...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | 1825 - 188 pages
...ancestor, than the man to whom we owe our power of repeating with truth. 121 > " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs " Receive our air, that moment...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of her late Majesty,... | |
 | 1825 - 90 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lunge Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our Country, and their shackles fall. * Life of Granville Sharp, by Prince Hoar. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of... | |
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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. 
