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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. "
Cowper: The task, with Tirocinium, and selections from the minor poems, A.D ... - Sivu 27
tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1874
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 sivua
...himself .1 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 earn'd. £> No ; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above, all price ; I...

The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Nide 2

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 sivua
...words of the poet, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when 1 sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever eam'd." IMPROVISATORI. The gift of extemporaneous versifying seems confined to the south of Europe....

Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland, England ..., Nide 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 sivua
...passage in fowper : " 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 earn'd." But when one reasons philosophically on the subject, there may be no cruelty in such an ignoble...

Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

1827 - 290 sivua
...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 earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz.d above all price, I bad much...

The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 sivua
...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 earn'd. 6. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation pri/'d above all price ; I had...

The Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the Diseases of the ...

James Ewell - 1827 - 868 sivua
...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 no other fact, a strong proof of tlie, necessity of the frequent renewal of air...

The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 sivua
...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 everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I...

The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families: On a ...

John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 sivua
...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 eve.' earn'd. No— dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I...

The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 sivua
...think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to til) 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 everearn'd. 5 No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juit estimation priz'd above all price ; 1...

The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 sivua
...think himself a man ? \ 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...above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them to hun. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they...




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