| Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...stairs, unsaying every word I had said in going down them. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught; and though thousands in all ages have beeen made to drink of thee, though art no less bitter on that account. It is thcu, Liberty, thrice... | |
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...KEATE. T HE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. ao3 LIBERTY AND SLAVERY. JjsGUiSE lhyself as ihou wilt , still Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee . thou art no less bitter on that account. It is ihou , Liberty , thrice sweet and gracious goddess... | |
| Francis William Blagdon - Paris (France) - 1803 - 592 pages
...nevertheless it is a state-prison, and reminds one of slavery, which, as Sterne says, is, in any disguise, a bitter draught; and though thousands, in all ages, have been made to drink of it, still it is not, on that account, less bitter. LETTER Paris, March 8, 1802. NOTHING would give... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...about you. STERNE. C II A P. II. Liberty and Slavery. J-^ISGUISE thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of the, thou art no less bitter on that account. It is thou , Liberty , thrice sweet and gracious goddess... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...unsaying every word I had said in going down them. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! said If still thou art a bitter draught ! and though^ thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art RO less bitter on that account. — Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess ! addressing... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...about you. STERNE. CHAT1, II. LIBERTY AND SLAVERY. DISGUISE thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. It is thou, Liberty, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, whom... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...going down them. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still Slavery ! said I — still thou art a hitter draught ! and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no' less hitter on that account. — "Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess ! addressing... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...sport .about you. SECTION, VI. Liberty and Slavery. DISGUISE thyself as thou wilt, still Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught; and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. It is thou Liberty, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, whom... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 660 pages
...us, with the. sentimental writer of our country, exclaim, " Disguise thyself as thou wilt, slaverv, still thou art a bitter draught ¿ and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that accoi,-.t." Would it not, I ask, be more consonant with the wisdom... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...going dswn them. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery ! said I — still thou art a hitter draught! and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less hitter on that account. — "Pis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing... | |
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