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Poems - Page 42
by William Cowper - 1786
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself .1 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....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1826 - 242 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 aH 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: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 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. 6....
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Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

1827 - 290 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 Medical Companion: Or Family Physician; Treating of the Diseases of the ...

James Ewell - 1827 - 868 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 trembk when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. CowpEa....
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 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 everearn'd. 5 No...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...the flies. The picture forcibly brought to my mind a passage in fowper : " 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." But...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? \ 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 Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man 1I 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 earnVL. No...
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