Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. Poems - Strana 30podľa William Cowper - 1854Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| William Cowper - 1836 - Počet stránok 402
...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...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - Počet stránok 416
...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...dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them... | |
| Frederick Freeman - 1836 - Počet stránok 380
...slaves. I want to have nothing to do with slaves. I can adopt Cowper's declaration with all sincerity : " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when \ wake, fur all the wealth That sinews bought nnd sold have ever earn'd. ISo : dear... | |
| 1911 - Počet stránok 784
...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 tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear... | |
| A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - Počet stránok 304
...misdeeds of the East India Company and its agents. Equally emphatic was he as regards slavery : — ' 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. . . . We... | |
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - Počet stránok 784
...for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. 4662 Cowper: Task. Bk. ii. Line 12 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. 4603 Cowper... | |
| 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 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. Cowper: Task.... | |
| 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 me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold, have ever earned." At that... | |
| Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - Počet stránok 854
...man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man? ught, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe...would speak; But as it is, I live and die unheard, earned. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
| 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 me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No ; dear... | |
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