 | A. C. E. Vechtman-Veth - 1928 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...abroad? And they themselves, once [ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate [and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in [England; if their lungs...free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall. (COWPER, Th« Task.) Ik zou veel liever zelf de slaaf En de ketenen dragen, dan ze [hem aandoen. Wjj... | |
 | 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...eu gwamlu fei "caffaeliad oddiar y eularn," gan feddwl am liuellau prydferth y bardd Seisonig : — "Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing." Ac felly y mae ymhob gwlad uwchben pa un y mae baner Brydaiu yn chwyfio. Felly pirhaed. Gyda'r bardd... | |
 | 1924 - عدد الصفحات: 654
...Verg. E. 2, 19. William Cowper in "The Task," written 1783-1785 imitated this in his wellknown lines : "Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs...free. They touch our country and their shackles fall." 250 conclusively established that there was not a real difference in status between the so-called villein... | |
 | Michel Fabre - 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...represents an early, important, and for a time the only, cultural link between American Negroes and France. Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive...free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Cowper's lines epitomized England's aspiration to be the champion of abolitionism. In quoting them... | |
 | Suzanne Miale Miller, Suzanne M. Miller, Barbara McCaskill - 1993 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...Americans' own hypocrisy. "Slaves cannot breathe in England," William Cowper had rejoiced in 1785, "if their lungs / Receive our air, that moment they.../ They touch our country, and their shackles fall" (Task, 1836-1837, Book II, line 40). By act of Parliament and official decree, England had emancipated... | |
 | Emília Viotti da Costa - 1994 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...why abroad? And they themselves once ferried over the wave, That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England. If their lungs Receive...free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That is noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it... | |
 | Alexander Crummell - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...after them. / The good is oft interred with their 1 o bones." Shakespeare, Julius Caesar 3.2.81-82. 5. "Slaves cannot breathe in England, if their lungs...They touch our country, and their shackles fall." William Cowper, The Task 2.40-42. 6. "The fair humanities of old religion." Samuel Taylor Coleridge,... | |
 | Donald Rutherford - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...disadvantage, with that of the United States on this subject: — it might have occurred to him that — 'Slaves cannot breathe in England: — if their lungs...bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing.' Of this, however, Mr. Fearon knows nothing — he found it not in the enlightened pages of the Examiner... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 1160
...bk. I The Sofa' I. 749; cl. Cowley 2 59:12, Proverbs (»11:15 20 Slaves cannot breathe in Kngland, if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are...free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. The Task ( l 78 s I bk. 2 'The Timepiece' I. 40; cf. Anonymous I8:S 21 Hngland, with all thy faults,... | |
 | William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 1066
...GARRISON. RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM; OR, THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT FROM SLAVERY. "Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs...free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. " COWPER. LONDON: WILLIAM TWEEDIE, 337, STRAND. i860. Ellen Craft, the fugitive slave. PREFACE. HAVING... | |
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Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. 
