 | Robert Ellis Dudgeon - 1854 - 634 pages
...and antiquated routine, without making an effort for their release. As Dan. O'Connell used to say: "Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ?'* Of course they know this well enough, but there are many reasons why their energetic resolutions... | |
 | Richard Lalor Sheil - 1854 - 394 pages
...first of his annual letters to the people of Ireland, headed with the motto, from Childe Harold, " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow." At aggregate and other public meetings of the Catholics, he was the chief speaker and doer,... | |
 | Richard Tuthill Massy - 1855 - 280 pages
...filled; the plough has passed through the rich valley, and heavy sheaves fill the bosom of the reaper.* " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow 1" Yes ; but strike it under the peaceful leadership of a man of noble deeds, like Dargan,... | |
 | Gervinus - 1861 - 1244 pages
...nor solely dare encounter hostile rage, or tear their name defiled from savery's mournful page. — Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not, who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ! — Will Gaul or Moscovite redress you ? No ! 10) 3m ©iaitt nennt er fie : — stained... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great! Stanza 76. hereditary bondsmen! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow? Stanza 88. Whiere'er we tread, ‘t is haunted, holy ground. Age shakes Athena's towers,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...on the present state of Greece and Turkey will be found in the Appendix, Notes [D] and [E]. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the biow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no... | |
 | John Clark Ferguson - 1856 - 90 pages
...beneath the scourge of Turkish hand, From birth till death enslaved; in word, in deed, unmanu'd. 10 " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow 1 By their right arms the conquest must be wrought! • Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye... | |
 | William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1857 - 514 pages
...ever served up to an oppressed, a bewildered, an unfortunate, an enslaved, and a hard-drinking nation. Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow '" (Loud applause.) " Sir, Fraser's Magazine is the best Magazine ever published— I should... | |
 | William Maginn - 1857 - 692 pages
...ever served up to an oppressed, a bewildered, an unfortunate, an enslaved, and a hard-drinking nation. Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow '" (Loud applquse.) " Sir, Eraser's Magazine is the best Magazine ever published— I should... | |
 | works of the best authors - 1860 - 260 pages
...Stanza 34. Fair Greece ! sad relic of departed worth ! Immortal, though no more ; though fallen, great! Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? Canto ii. Stanza 76. Oh Love ! young Love ! bound in thy rosy band, Let sage or cynic prattle... | |
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Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no! 
