 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1807 - 760 pages
...give it up. He would exclaim with the I'oct, in the words of the mott » of the pamphlet i^hich hch:id mentioned, " I would not have a slave to till my ground,...To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when " I wake, lor all that human smews bought " And sold, have ever earn'd." Mr. Wither force, in explanation, denied... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 722 pages
...With this fact before him, should he be toll! Ihnt he must give up all hope of abolishing slavery ? No, he would never give it up. He would exclaim with..." I would not have a slave to till my ground, " To carry me, to fan me when 1 sleep, " And trembl." when I wakf, for a'l the wea'th " That sinews bought... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 730 pages
...With this fact before him, should he be told that he must give up all hope of abolishing slavery ? No, he would never give it up. He would exclaim with the Poet, in the words ofithe motto of the pamphlet which he had mentioned, " I would not have a •slave to till my ground»... | |
 | Crime - 1815 - 656 pages
...in the West Indies, executed there, on the tiili vf Slay, 18 ii, for the Murder of his Negro Slave, I would not have- a slave to till my ground, To fan me when I sleep, and tremble .< lieu I wake, for all that humau sinews bought And sold, have ever earn'd. COOPER. W, £ belirivc... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...up, but exclaim in the words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." IMPROVISATORI. The gift of extemporaneous... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 512 pages
...sera rnbcns acccudil l1tmina Vcspcr." 186 CHAP. " I would not have a slave to till my around, YVT '_ To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when I wake, for...human sinews, bought And sold, have ever earn'd." The National Convention having lately, in the first paroxysm of their republican vanity, conferred... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 510 pages
...shining in through the windows of the House : — " Nos primus eguis Oriens qfflavit anhelis, 185 CHAP. " I would not have a slave to till my ground, ^ To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when 1792. I wake, for all that human sinews, bought And sold, have ever earn'd." (^.lu.1.f.^ The National... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists, Irish - 1826 - 510 pages
...shining in through the windows of the House : — " Nos primus equis Orient qfflavit anhelis, 185 CHAP. " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To fan...human sinews, bought And sold, have ever earn'd." The National Convention having lately, in the first paroxysm of their republican vanity, conferred... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 570 pages
...world. To use a quotation which he himself applied to another branch of the question in 1807: — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To fan...human sinews, bought And sold, have ever earn'd." * It was at the conclusion of this speech that, in contemplating the period when Africa would, he hoped,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1826 - 508 pages
...Nos primus cquis Oriens qfflavit arthelis, CHAP. " I would not have a slave to till my ground, XVL To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when I wake, for...human sinews, bought And sold, have ever earn'd." The National Convention having lately, in the first paroxysm of their republican vanity, conferred... | |
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I would not have a Slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever earned! 
