 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 592 pages
...true, vote him a triumfih, crown him with laurels, and let the million listen while he sings — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, " To carry ire, to fan me while I sleep, " And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth " That sinews bought and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...head, to think himself a man ? I wonld not have a slave to till my gronnd, To carry me, to fan me while i sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bonght and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Jnst estimation pria'd... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Great Britain - 1816 - 472 pages
...of the motto of the pamphlet which he had mentioned, " I would not have a slave to till my ground, " To fan me when I sleep, and tremble when " I wake, for all that human sinews bought «' And sold, have ever earn'd." Sir C. Pole moved that the house be counted,... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 850 pages
...effects. FOREIGN SLAVB TRADE *. I would not have a SLAVE to till my ground, To curry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews, bought and sold, have ever carn'd. • 'TIS THE CAUSE OF МА1Г. There dwell the most forlorn of humankind, Immur'd, though unaccus'd,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Africa, West - 1817 - 126 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 me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not hlush, \nd hang his head, to think himself a man ? ( would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep. And tremhle when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews honght and sold have ever earned.... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...thy', And having hunan feelings, does not blush, And hang bis head, to think himself a man ? I wou'd not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to f,n me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth f That sinews, bought and sold, have... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 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 me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth The sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 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 me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man ? / 1 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 sold have ever... | |
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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. 
