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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Page 88
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A Plea for Africa: Being Familiar Conversations on the Subject of Slavery ...

Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 pages
...to do with slavery. I can adopt Cowper's declaration with all sincerity : " 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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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 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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"Liberty": The Image and Superscription on Every Coin Issued by the United ...

Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang nis 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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"Liberty": The Image and Superscription on Every Coin Issued by the United ...

Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 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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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ...

John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 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 earned No...
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A Treatise on Bookkeeping and Stenography ...

International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 558 pages
...pity. 19. Tell my sister not to weep for me and sob with drooping head. 20. 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. 24....
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My Travels: Visits to Lands Far and Near, European, British, American and ...

Robert Shields - 1900 - 370 pages
...while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ISAAC NEWTON. 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. Cow...
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Studies in English and American Literature

Goodloe Harper Bell - 1900 - 620 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 earned. No...
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The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee

William Cowper - 1900 - 346 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 earned....
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My Travels: Visits to Lands Far and Near. European, British, American and ...

1900 - 372 pages
...while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ISAAC NEWTON. 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. COWPEE....
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