 | 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 touch our country, and their shackles fall.— That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it,... | |
 | Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 188 pages
...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 are free : " They touch our country, and their shackles fall." QUEEN CHARLOTTE. MANY unostentatious acts of humanity and benevolence are related of... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...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 Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPKR. *• ' CHAPTER IV. SECTION 1. The morning inrimmer.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Child development - 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs 40 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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 224 pages
...for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our count.-y, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.... | |
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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. 
