 | William Cowper - 1826
...ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch oar country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827
...wave , ' That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lung! Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch...it then, And let it circulate through ev'ry vein Of all your empire: that where Britain's power la felt, mankind may feel her mercy too. COWPE* CHAPTER... | |
 | Francis Sellon White - 1827 - 547 σελίδες
...ANY SLAVE SET HIS FOOT ON ENGLISH TERRITORY, HE BECAME FREE." " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." In 1783, the Quakers petitioned Parliament against the continuance of the slave trade, but the first... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 263 σελίδες
...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...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Thatjs noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
 | John Wesley Cromwell - 1914 - 284 σελίδες
...no such law. This decision inspired Cowper's lines: Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lunga Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall. "The Story of the Slave," see, also, "Slavery and Anti-Slavery," William Goodell, for an elaborate... | |
 | Michel Fabre - 1993 - 384 σελίδες
...time the only, cultural link between American Negroes and France. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Cowper's lines epitomized England's aspiration to be the champion of abolitionism. In quoting them... | |
 | Suzanne Miale Miller, Suzanne M. Miller, Barbara McCaskill - 1993 - 300 σελίδες
...Americans' own hypocrisy. "Slaves cannot breathe in England," William Cowper had rejoiced in 1785, "if their lungs / Receive our air, that moment they.../ They touch our country, and their shackles fall" (Task, 1836-1837, Book II, line 40). By act of Parliament and official decree, England had emancipated... | |
 | 1997 - 378 σελίδες
...ferried over the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. 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 is noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it... | |
 | Alexander Crummell, Southern Texts Society - 1995 - 265 σελίδες
...with their 1 o bones." Shakespeare, Julius Caesar 3.2.81-82. 5. "Slaves cannot breathe in England, if their lungs / Receive our air, that moment they...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." William Cowper, The Task 2.40-42. 6. "The fair humanities of old religion." Samuel Taylor Coleridge,... | |
 | Donald Rutherford - 1999 - 512 σελίδες
...on this subject: — it might have occurred to him that — 'Slaves cannot breathe in England: — if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however, Mr. Fearon knows nothing — he found it not in the enlightened pages of the Examiner... | |
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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. 
