... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells... Uncle Tom's Cabin - Page 202by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1852 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1809 - 530 pages
...— no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...— no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the tirst moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink, together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, thai burst... | |
| Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...down;—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...down. No matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery. The 'first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...down. No matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery. The first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that... | |
| Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...down ;—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...her own ma* jesty; his body swells beyond themea* sure of his chains, that burst from ' around him; and he stands redeemed, ' regenerated, and disenthralled, by the * irresistible genius of universal emanci* pation!' The resources of this great orator's own mind are known to be nearly inexhaustible;... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...may have * been devoted upon the altar of ' Slavery: the instant that he touches ' the sacred shore of Britain, the altar * and the god sink together in the dust; ' his soul walks abroad in her own ma189 * jesty; his body swells beyond tlietnea' sure of his chains,... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...down ;—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
| 1810 - 438 pages
...; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the God sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst... | |
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