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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Page 88
by Poetry - 1804
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The Christian's sketch book

Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...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 while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No...
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Letters from Europe: Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1829 - 572 pages
...the flies. The picture forcibly brought to my mind a passage in Cowper: " 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 hare eveream'd." But...
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Moral and Sacred Poetry

Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...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 hought and sold have erer earned. No:...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...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. No...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...human feelings, does not blurb, 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 when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No...
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Two Lettes to the Reverend Moses Stuart: On the Subject of Religious Liberty

Bernard Whitman - 1831 - 714 pages
...and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart ****** 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." Thus...
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The Rise, Progress and Downfall of Aristocracy: Taken from Ancient and ...

William Mathers - 1831 - 214 pages
...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 eam'd. No:...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? I would not ha vo 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....
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 38

1869 - 766 pages
...with the words of the poet, in which every one present would agree : — " I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, To tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned." The...
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The Poetic Reader: Containing Selections from the Most Approved Authors ...

Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...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, 30 And tremble, when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd....
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