 | Richard Robert Madden - Egypt - 1833 - 326 pages
...together in the dust, " his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body THE PACHA OF CANEA. 147 swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst...regenerated, and disenthralled by the irresistible genius of emancipation." Sympathy, for the many hundreds of poor fellows I have seen perish in this place, pining... | |
 | Orators - 1834 - 602 pages
...and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he ticads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL...EMANCIPATION. [Here Mr. Curran was interrupted by a sudden bunt of applause Jrum the court and hall, trAiV A jro» repeated fur a considerable length of time... | |
 | Member of the bar - English orations - 1836 - 560 pages
...speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger...Curran was interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall, which was repeated for a considerable length of time : silence being at length... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; — the moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the...irresistible genius of " universal emancipation.' 41. REPLY TO MR. COREY'S ATTACK ON HIS CHARACTER. — Grattan. violation of the privileges of the house.... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 244 pages
...quoth my Uncle Toby, "which recommends him to protection." — Tristam Shandy. JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN. " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !" I speak in the spirit of...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty — and is this subject a matter of indifference ?-^Liberty, which, like the... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; no matter with what solemuities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty — and is this subject a matter of indifference ? — Liberty, which, like,... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...— no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burned upon him; — no matter in what disastrous battle...the irresistible genius of Universal Emancipation. LESSON III. LORD CHANCELLOR BROUGHAM AGAINST SLAVERY. TELL me not of rights — talk not of the property... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Enslaved persons - 1839 - 160 pages
...engrmed on his monument in St. Patrick's Cathedfal, Dublin. "UNIVEHSAL EMANCIPATION." — I spt-uk in the spirit of the British Law, which makes liberty...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty — and is this subject a matter of indifference? — Liberty, which, like the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1844 - 582 pages
...treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation, says of the liberated slave, " He stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation." This word is constantly used by political writers to signify a change in states ; why then should we... | |
 | John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1840 - 562 pages
...speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger...Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. [Here Mr. Curran VMS interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall, which was repeated for a considerable... | |
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No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down... 
