| 1809 - 530 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation.' p. 169, 170. In the same speech, there is the following striking... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the tirst moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink, together in the dust; his soul walks...his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, thai burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and i isenthralkd, by the in-esistable... | |
| Edward Shippen, William Hamilton - Impeachments - 1805 - 590 pages
...upon the altar of slavery—the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Pennsylvania, the Altar and the God sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyong the measure of his chains, that burst around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated and disenthraled... | |
| Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation I" EXQUISITE IRONICAL HUMOUR. " Gentlemen, how then does Mr. O'Brien's... | |
| Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 322 pages
...devoted uponthe altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her majesty ; his Ixxly swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery. The first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !* Mr. Curran then proceeded. — Gentlemen, I am not such a fool,... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery. The 'first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !* Mr. Curran then proceeded. — Gentlemen, I am not such a fool,... | |
| Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks...regenerated, an.d disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of ' universal emancipation.' [[Here Mr. Curran was interrupted by a sudden burst of applause... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...the altar of ' Slavery: the instant that he touches ' the sacred shore of Britain, the altar * and the god sink together in the dust; ' his soul walks abroad in her own ma189 * jesty; his body swells beyond tlietnea' sure of his chains, that burst from * around him; and... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation.' p. 169, 170. In a speech for Mr Hamilton Rowan, accused of the publication... | |
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