 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 sivua
...the subject ! " I would not have a slave to till ray 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 had much... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 sivua
...Mountains interposed, make enemies of nations, who had else like kindred drops ban mingled into one. 664. No ! dear as freedom is, and in my heart's just estimation prized above all price, I would much rather be myself the slave, and wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. seme of splendor,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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 prized above... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 sivua
...2. * Not remembering that he is (as old Fuller says) " the image of God cut in ebony." S. C 9. • H Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1904 - 800 sivua
...fortunate than others who have it not. The value we set upon that which we prize may he more than iust. " No, dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price ; X had much rather he myself the slave And wear the honds than fasten them on him." COWPKR. VALUE,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1906 - 548 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...all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. WILLIAM COWPER (The Task). INDEPENDENCE THY spirit, Independence,... | |
 | 1906 - 432 sivua
...(From "The Task.") 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...all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. THE DEATH OF SLAVERY O thou great Wrong, that, through... | |
 | Walter Hurt - 1907 - 432 sivua
...the main. —Pope. 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. Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a... | |
 | WALTER HURT - 1907 - 432 sivua
...the main. —Pope. 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. Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a... | |
 | Franklyn Howland - 1907 - 426 sivua
...would not have a slave to till my grounds, To earry me, to fan me while l sleep, And tremble when l wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. l had mueh rather be myself a slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." This noble aetion... | |
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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. 
