 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not ha vo a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me...wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...himself a man ? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me, while I sleep, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No ; duar as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation, priz'd above all price, I would much rather... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...and how abhorrent to the speaker's feelings is the state of degradation in which he is retained. w I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. In the following passage the word Clodius has the rising circumflex to express irony ; for Ciceco does... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when 1 wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, 1 had much rather... | |
 | 1834 - 264 pages
...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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned." Some idea of the extent to which this iniquitous traffic was carried, may be formed from the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...sentiments of profound regret, and borrow the muse of Cowper to convey our meaning and our wishes. '•' I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...wealth That sinews 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...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...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...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...the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever eam'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...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...when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and.sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 592 pages
...inspiration of poetry with the manly feelings of the Englishman, and the ardour of genuine humanity. I wonld not have a Slave to till my ground, To carry me, to...wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather... | |
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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. 
