 | 1809 - 530 pages
...with, and inseparable from, British soil ; which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojoumer, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...— no matter with what solemnities he may have been 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 abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, thai burst... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...have burnt upon him;—no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down;—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted...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 chains that burst from... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 322 pages
...may have been cloven down; — n<» iftatter with what Solemnities lie may have been devoted uponthe altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL EMACIPATION. No matter in what language his doom may have been...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL EMACIPATION. No matter in what language his doom may have been...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him;—no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have...the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...may have * been devoted upon 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... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. Nd matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced...the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 516 pages
...giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving ' universal emancipation !' I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty...altar and the god sink together in the dust : his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
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No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no... 
