 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 psl.
...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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
 | 1801 - 452 psl.
...melancholy subject, does the book open, and thus the paragraph closes in his own peculiar style : — I would not have a SLAVE to till my ground, To carry...the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever carn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 psl.
...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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
 | 1802 - 302 psl.
...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, 3> And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 psl.
...himself a man .' I would not have a ilavc to till my ground, To carry roc, to fai; me wl:iie I bleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home. — Then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried over the wave, That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 psl.
...his head, to think himself a man i I would not have a slave 10 till my ground, To carry me, to f;ln me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all...earned. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's .30- -; THE TASK. BOOK. iIJust estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 596 psl.
...man, 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...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever carn'd. No : dear as freedom is, — and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, —... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 598 psl.
...bought and sold have ever carn'd. No: dear as freedom is,—and in my heart's Just estimation 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 ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 psl.
...man, seeing this, And having human feeling, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man? I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price, I had much... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 psl.
...seeing th^s, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man J I would not have a slave to till my ground. To carry...all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd. No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price ; I had much... | |
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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. 
