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" 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 earned. "
A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams - Page 581
by Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 733 pages
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. 6. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation pri/'d above all price ; I had...
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Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And 'hang his head, to think himself a Man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz.d above all price, I bad much...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...fanning him, and keeping off the flies. The picture forcibly brought to my mind a passage in fowper : " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." But when one reasons philosophically on the subject, there may be no cruelty in such an ignoble...
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The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families: On a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1827 - 494 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have eve.' earn'd. No— dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 258 pages
...feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to til) my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And...for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juit estimation priz'd above all price ; 1...
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English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till ray ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd, 5. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price; I had...
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The Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the Diseases of the ...

James Ewell - Cooking - 1827 - 868 pages
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And trembk when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. CowpEa. To mention...
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? \ would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them to hun. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much...
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