...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — Then why abroad 1 And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and toos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they arc free...

...priz'd above 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?...ferried o'er the wave That parts us are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungf Receive our air, that moment they are free;...

...the slave, And war the bonds, than fasten them on him. We haw no slaves at home — then why abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves can not breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch...

...slave, And wear the bonds, that fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad t And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and looa'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lung* Receive our air, that moment they are free...

...above all price, I would much rather be myself the slave, 35 And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home -Then why abroad ? And they themselves, once ferri'd o'er the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England ;...

...all. E. I shall never forget, mamma, those lines of Cowper's you taught me, in which he says — • c Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ;' and where he wishes that they may be so -every where. But I fear we tire you, or else, perhaps,...

...And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. Line 29. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ! They tonch our country, and their shackles fall.8 Line 40. Fast-anchor'd isle. Line isi. England, with all...

...was fundamental and therefore underground. Cowper took up the famous decision, and his two lines, " Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free," (in 1781) are better known than Lord Mansfield's decision on which they were founded. Really Holt's...

...She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her by a single hair. —Persius, v. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free I They touch our country, and their shackles fall ! —The Task. He that repeateth a matter separateth...

...he lived worthy, ' Before everything, liberty!' That is Mansfield, silver tongued, who proclaimed, 'Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs receive our air, that moment they are free.' " Then New England shouts, " This is Choate, who made it safe to murder, and of whose health thieves...