 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 sider
...Cowper to convey our meaning and our wishes. '• 1 would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, tor all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No ; dear as freedom is, and in my... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 sider
...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,...all the 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 pnce, I had much... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 sider
...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 I wake,...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, I had much... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 sider
...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 earned. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | Franklyn Howland - 1907 - 426 sider
...would not have a slave to till my grounds, To earry me, to fan me while l sleep, And tremble when l wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. l had mueh rather be myself a slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him." This noble... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 sider
...does not blush 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 earned. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | George Carter Howland - 1908 - 328 sider
...to grow In the boughs of the high-top sweeting. I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake. Point out all infinitives. Which belong to verb-phrases? Which consist of simple verb forms? Which... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - 1911 - 304 sider
...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,...the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. . . . We have no slaves at home. — Why then abroad t . . . Slaves cannot breathe in England... | |
 | 1911 - 784 sider
...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,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 sider
...lawful prey. 4662 Cowper: Task. Bk. ii. Line \2 I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake,...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Slaves «innot breathe in England ; if their lungs Beceive our air, that moment they are free... | |
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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. 
