 | 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."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...soul, His sacred genius thou. Dyer's Ruins of Rome. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch...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
...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. COWPEH. Edinburgh, 2ith July, 1323 SLAVERY, horrific name ! torn from kindred and country, forced by... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824 - 848 pages
...mistaken, Sir; we have no slaves in Great Britain. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are 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... | |
 | Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." There is no... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They...Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. — COVVTER,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...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...Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire : that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPKR. *•... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 188 pages
...owe our power of repeating with truth. 121 > " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs " Receive our air, that moment they are free : " They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of her late Majesty,... | |
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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. 
