 | William Pinkney, Henry Wheaton - 1826 - 632 pàgines
...imbecility of human nature unassisted and oppressed. Well has Cowper said, " .' 'Tis liberty alone which gives the flower " ' Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, '• ' And we are weed* without it.' * *• . '• Again, it has been urged, ' that manumitted slaves will be, • as... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827 - 826 pàgines
...time may come when they can be emancipated, without danger to themselves or the country." CHAPTER XI. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil. COWPER. THE squire would probably have expatiated at length on the topic of slavery,... | |
 | William Woodis Harvey - 1827 - 444 pàgines
...free and prosperous and happy. If liberty is a treasure next in value to existence itself, — if " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume," of that treasure are the Haytians in full and secure possession. At their head have been placed men... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pàgines
...renew ; Who— if they dream — but dream of woe, And wake to find their visions true. Anon. LIBERTY. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight... | |
 | William Morgan Kinsey - 1828 - 648 pàgines
...from the example set them by the chief of the state, to unite in support of the hallowed cause ; for Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Morgan Kinsey - 1828 - 630 pàgines
...from the example set them by the chief of the state, to unite in support of the hallowed cause ; for Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pàgines
...Manichean god Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science : blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pàgines
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pàgines
...prerogative can please) A* dreadful as the Manichean god : Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. TU liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays, on evil men, I- evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pàgines
...that charter, sanction'd sure 'T NO. 106. ENGLISH FREEDOM. IS liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume ; And we...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes ( Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The... 
