 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate...  A history of slavery and its abolition - Page 107by Esther Copley - 1836 - 634 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Peggs - Ethics - 1832 - 550 pages
...character be manifest wherever it is known, and the sentiment of the Poet constantly regarded : — Spread it then ; And let it circulate through every...that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel tier mercy too !" DOLE JATTRA, OR SWINGING OF JUGGERNAUT. J BOOK II. BRITISH CONNECTION WITH IDOLATRY.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation, proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein 45 Of all your empire ; that where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her merey too.... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then. And...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPEB. THE CMFORM ROTATION OF THE EARTH. THE earth which we inhabit is not precisely a spherical body,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 420 pages
...free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let...through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britian's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Cowper. 71. Irruption of Hyder All. When at... | |
 | David Lee Child - Enslaved persons - 1834 - 134 pages
...free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble ; and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all our empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.' During most of the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1835 - 158 pages
...are free: They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. 755. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous, confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Dangerous... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...free ; 16 They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let...Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. LESSON LXXVII. The same Subject.—MONTGOMERY. THE broken heart, which kindness never heals, The home-sick... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 pages
...free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.* That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then. And let...every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too." The Task—The Time-piece. But, highly as we appreciate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire; that, where Britnin's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too."... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and hespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And...every vein Of all your empire : that, where Britain's pow'r Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. Sure there is need of social intercourse, Benevolence,... | |
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