 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 manual of English grammar - Pagina 127door James Alexander McMullen - 1860Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 pagina’s
...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...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." ' ' Pa,' said Henry, ' are not the laws of slave-holding states very severe in respect to the slave... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pagina’s
...have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price j I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the...bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home—then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 pagina’s
...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 rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. The tender ties of parent, husband, friend, All bonds of Nature, in that moment end. O most degrading... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pagina’s
...have ever earn'd. No! dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all pnce, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. The tender ties of parent, husband, friend, All bonds of Nature, in that moment end. О most degrading... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pagina’s
...bought and sold have ever earn'd. 5. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation pris'd above all price ; I had much rather be myself the...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We/have no slaves at hrir.ie — then why abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pagina’s
...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...him. We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad I And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pagina’s
...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 rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." The evening prior to my departure from Antigua, I exhorted and prayed with, and for the slaves, and... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1839 - 224 pagina’s
...read, " I had rather be a dog," &tc. Again the distinguished and almost faultless Cowper says — " No, dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I Awl umrh rather he myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." Once more, Shakspeare... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pagina’s
...have ever carn'd. i : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's st estimation prized above all price, Г had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them un him We have no slaves at home, then why abroad P And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1839 - 220 pagina’s
...dear as freedom is, and in ray heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather he myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." Once more, Shakspeare makes Cassius say — " I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a... | |
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