 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - Charity organization - 1839 - 404 pages
...relying entirely on that Providence whom I endeavoured to please and obey. And I then resolved, that " I would not have a slave to till my ground — To...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 price, I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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...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... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 522 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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." — E. * There was a notion that King Stanislaus, who lived in Lorraine, was in love with... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd." — E. though you don't like Gothic architecture. The Grecian is only proper for magnificent... | |
 | Hugh Doherty - English language - 1841 - 254 pages
...tones of irony, reproach, sneering, contempt, and other repulsive or ambiguous tones of feeling: thus, I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. (Cowper.) If a simple rising inflection were placed here instead of a circumflex, on the word... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 546 pages
...seeing this. And having human feelings, does not bluah, And hang his head, to think himself a man ! I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...That sinews bought and sold have ever earned,"— E. pleased that I had writ this volume to return it. I don't know how almost to avoid wishing poor... | |
 | Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, docs not blu?h And hang his head, to think himself a man 1 I would not have a slave to till my ground,...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 price, I bad much... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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 price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home. Then why abroad? And they themselves,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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...estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be the slave myself, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and...all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they... | |
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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 earned. 
