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" Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle... "
Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of ... - Page 1188
by Indiana. Constitutional Convention - 1850
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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne - English fiction - 1839 - 192 pages
...every word I had said in going down them. " Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! " said I, " still thou art a bitter draught ! and though thousands in all ages have been made to drink thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. 'T is thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess," addressing...
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Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key

Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pages
...disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, still thou art a bitter draught; and thou art no less bitter, though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee. Liberty ! it is thou, whom all worship in public or in private, whose taste is grateful, and ever will...
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Around the World: A Narrative of a Voyage in the East India ..., Volume 1

Voyages around the world - 1840 - 350 pages
...United States, and to denounce the violent opposition of the abolitionists as fanatical and incendiary. "Still slavery, still thou art a bitter draught !...thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, still thou art not less bitter on that account." When a bid is made, the sale is conducted by the auctioneer,...
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The United States of North America as They are: Not as They are Generally ...

Thomas Brothers - History - 1840 - 618 pages
...Sterne was about to write an elaborate dissertation on slavery, which he began on a large scale : — " Though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art not less bitter on that account." However, he found his powers to fail, and it suited his purpose better...
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An Essay on Elocution, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...imaginations', vain altercations', and vain affections'. SECTION IV. Liberty and Slavery. — STERNE. DISGUISE thyself as thou wilt', still', Slavery',...though thousands in all ages have been made to drink of thce', thou art no less bitter on that account'. — It is thou', thrice sweet and gracious goddess',...
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Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key

Alexander Reid - 1843 - 122 pages
...rising as the first fruits of them that sleep, he has secured to them the victory over the grave. 6. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! still...all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter. It is thou, Liberty ! whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful,...
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Jamaica : Its Past and Present State

James Mursell Phillippo - Jamaica - 1843 - 548 pages
...respects was made an occasion of greater oppression than slavery itself — it was slavery disguised: "and disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, still thou art a bitter draught." During the short period of two years, 60,000 apprentices received, in the aggregate, onequarter of...
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The poetical works of Alexander Wilson: also his miscellaneous prose ...

Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 pages
...PENNSYLVANIA, ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH, 1801, THE DAY ON WHICH MR. JEFFERSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, still...bitter draught ; and though thousands in all ages have heen made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. STERNE. GENTLEMEN, — The subject...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...unsaying every word I had said in going down them. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still Slavery, »d I, b ha d z z , մ6 %Л L m*r 'Z tK2 ] y ¶ the«, thou art no less bitter on that account. Tit Пия, ,' ;hricc sweet and gracious goddess, addressing...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...can of Napoleon's address to his soldiers. LESSON XCVII.—APRIL THE SEVENTH. Liberty and Slavery. DISGUISE thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught; and though thousands of all ages have been made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that account. It is thou, Liberty!...
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