 | Marcus Wood - 2003 - 772 sider
...why abroad? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
 | William L. Andrews, David Alexander Davis - 2003 - 306 sider
...alone that gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it." "Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs...free; They touch our country and their shackles fall." — Cowper.16 When I reached Liverpool, I proceeded to Dr. Raffles, and handed my letters of recommendation... | |
 | Owen Lovejoy - 2004 - 504 sider
...irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION." The same sentiment is breathed forth in the verse of Cowper: "Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs...blessing. Spread it then And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire, that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too."... | |
 | Cindy Weinstein - 2004 - 276 sider
...why abroad? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England, if their lungs Receive...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud. (lines 39-45)18 Cowper's words here, which celebrate the British love for freedom and the proud nobility... | |
 | Frank W. Sweet - 2005 - 557 sider
...of September 2, 2004, the Royal Archivist at Windsor Castle was unable to find any record of it. 131 Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...free! They touch our country and their shackles fall. Figure 18. Lord Mansfield To be sure, this was the same period when the idea of "racial" African inferiority... | |
 | William L. Andrews - 2006 - 328 sider
...alone that gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it." "Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs...They touch our country, and their shackles fall."— Cowper.55 When I reached Liverpool, I proceeded to Dr. Raffles, and handed my letters of recommendation... | |
 | William L. Andrews - 2006 - 328 sider
...alone that gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it." "Slaves cannot breathe in England; If their lungs...are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall."—Cowper. 55 When I reached Liverpool, I proceeded to Dr. Raffles, and handed my letters of... | |
 | Mark Canuel - 2007 - 234 sider
...laws" (12). Rather than withdrawing British power from Africa, he urges readers of The Task (1785) to "Spread it, then / And let it circulate through ev'ry...Britain's pow'r / Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too" (2.44-47). What becomes perfectly clear, moreover, is that the new commitment to lawfulness must not... | |
 | Thomas F. Bonnell - 2008 - 403 sider
...iteceive our air, thit moment they art free \ They touch our country, and their shackles fait. That '& noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of...blessing* Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire* That where Britain*! power Is felt} mankind may feel her mercy too.... | |
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Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
