 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 - Page 127by James Alexander McMullen - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...eftimation ppiz'd above all price, I had much rather be myfelf the SLAVE, And wear the bonds, than faften them on him. We have no SLAVES at home — then why abroad ? And they themfelves once ferry'd o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. SLAVES cannot breathe... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...me, to fan me while I deep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That finews bought and fold have ever earned, No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juft eftimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myfelf the flave, And wear the bonds,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 386 pages
...me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That finews bought and fold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Juft eftimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myfelf the flave, And wear the bonds,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...ground, To carry me, to f;ln me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's .30- -; THE TASK. BOOK. iIJust estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave,... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...all the wealth That pinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: <!ear as freedom is, . I had tkiich rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. COWPER. THE The Labour of Idleness. — Day, a Pastoral. 89 THE LABOUR OF IDLENESS. THE wretch who... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Abolitionists - 1808 - 598 pages
...bought and sold have ever carn'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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...Just estimation priz'd ahove all price, I had much rather he myself the slave, And wear the honds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — Then why ahroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the ware, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...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,...him. We have no slaves at home — >Then why abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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,...him. We have no slaves at home... .Then why abroad J And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...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...them on him. We have no slaves at home. ...Then why aboad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves... | |
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