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The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and ... - Page 88
by William Cowper - 1836
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...human feelings, does not bluflrt And hang his head, to think himfelf a man ? I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake,, for all the wealth v • •*That fmews bought and fold have ever...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...human feelings, does not blufh, And hang his head, to think himfelf a man? 1 would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That finews bought and fold have ever eamed. No...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...his swe^t With 'stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this. And...head, to think himself a man .' I would not have a ilavc to till my ground, To carry roc, to fai; me wl:iie I bleep, And tremble when I wake, for all...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 3

Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 480 pages
...else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. — Thus man devotes his brother and destroys — Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ?" CovvpKn. SECTION VI. Subject further examined — Sad conceptions of those, relative to the Divine...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...sees inflicted on a b«ast. Then wh»t it man? And what man, seeing tint,. And having human feeliirgs, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man i I would not have a slave 10 till my ground, To carry me, to f;ln me while I sleep, And tremble when...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism,: Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 3

Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1807 - 486 pages
...mingled into one. — Thus man devotes his brother ar^d. destroys — Then what is man ? And what rfoin, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? " SECTION VI. Subject further examined — Sad conceptions of those, relative to the Divine Being...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - Abolitionists - 1808 - 596 pages
...his sweat With stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever carn'd. No : dear...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - Abolitionists - 1808 - 598 pages
...think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever carn'd. No: dear as freedom is,—and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price,— I had...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a hleeding heart Weeps, when she sees indicted on a heast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not hlushl>'' I-*-I And hang his head, to think himself a man?'' '•''" I would not have a slave to till...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...love goes round, There is no kifs of love for me. THELWALL. AGAINST SLAVERY. I WOTTLD not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That finews bought and fold have ever earn'd. No...
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