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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 earn'd. "
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... - Strana 202
podľa Lindley Murray - 1810 - Počet stránok 231
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The Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the Diseases of the ...

James Ewell - 1827 - Počet stránok 868
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself 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...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - Počet stránok 468
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, then fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad? And they themselves once ferried...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - Počet stránok 814
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? \ would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much...
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - Počet stránok 308
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man 1I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earnVL. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much...
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The Rights of Man in America

Theodore Parker - 1911 - Počet stránok 544
...contains these words — my mother taught them to me when I was a little boy, and sat in her lap : — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever earned...
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Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker], Zväzok 12

Theodore Parker - 1911 - Počet stránok 552
...contains these words — my mother taught them to me when I was a little boy, and sat in her lap : — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me when I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever earned...
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The Handbook of Quotations

1913 - Počet stránok 264
...rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free. Soufhey. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Cowper: Task. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...
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All the Days of My Life: an Autobiography: The Red Leaves of a Human Heart

Amelia E. Barr - 1913 - Počet stránok 566
...over him using an impossible whip, and there were four lines by Cowper underneath the two figures: "I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...the wealth That sinews bought and sold, have ever earned." At that time I had never seen a negro, and my sense of amazement, fright and repugnance was...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - Počet stránok 1514
...interposed Make enemies of nations who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Line n. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry rne, to fan me while I sleep And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold...
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"He Shall Speak Peace.": Love: the Path to Paradise Present: Eternal

1915 - Počet stránok 368
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No ; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much...
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