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" He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. "
The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ... - Page 144
by William Cowper - 1787 - 186 pages
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Poets the Interpreters of Their Age

Anna Swanwick - Poetry - 1892 - 412 pages
...English Poets." Eev. A. Stopford Brooke. tion and assimilation by the human soul of heavenly truth : " He is the freeman whom the Truth makes free, And all are slaves beside." Cowper's originality appears, not only as the champion of liberty, and as the poet...
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An English Grammar and Analysis: For Students and Young Teachers

G. Steel - English language - 1894 - 320 pages
...anything. Shakespeare. (6) The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself. Plautns. 24. (1) He is the free-man whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides. — Cowper. (2) I would rather be a free-man among slaves, than a slave among free...
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The Elements of Language and Grammar: A Practical Course for Use in ...

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1894 - 232 pages
...me to do so. 5. The enemy's squadrons broke and fled. 6. No sounds of labor vexed the quiet air. 7. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free ; and all are slaves besides. 8. To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn. 9. The reason is so clear...
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A Narrative History of the United States: For the Use of Schools

Thomas Hunter - United States - 1896 - 440 pages
...retreated toward the South. The loss was heavy on both sides. CHAPTER XLV. THE CIVIL WAR—Continued. " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free And all are slaves beside." " The mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.'' EVENTS OF 1863. MORAL events are...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...Slave to myself I will not be; Nor shall my future actions be confined By my own present mind. COWLEY. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. COWPER. No ! Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented,...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: Exodus

Bible - 1892 - 624 pages
...tpeak of what " the voice of the first sign "does : — unwillingness to believe in freedom.: — " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes confederate for his harm Can wind around him,...
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Hazen's Primer and First-[fifth] Reader, Book 5

Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1896 - 536 pages
...of common life. His purity of character and great intellectual force are shown in all his writings. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That evil foes confederate for his harm Can wind around him, but...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...the Land of the Free. «. ABRAHAM COLES — The Microcosm, and Other Poems. National lyrics, P. 213. Hyperion. Bk. IV. Ch. V. O precious evenings ! all too s slaves besides. /. COWPER— The Task. Bk. VL 733. No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves,...
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A Book of Thoughts: In Loving Memory of John Bright

Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - English literature - 1897 - 412 pages
...we will bless the Lord From this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. APRIL 20. PSALM cxv. HE is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. FREE IN THE TRUTH. HE is the freeman, whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain, That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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