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" As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings,... "
The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 34
by William Cowper - 1830
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; 20 And, worse than all, and most to be deplcr'd, As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exafts his sweat,, . . With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps, when she sees inflifted...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 3

Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 480 pages
...else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. — Thus man devotes his brother and destroys — Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And...not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ?" CovvpKn. SECTION VI. Subject further examined — Sad conceptions of those, relative to the Divine...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...into one. . Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ;. And, worse than all, and most to be deplored As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his swe^t With 'stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism,: Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 3

Thomas Clarkson - 1807 - 486 pages
...mingled into one. — Thus man devotes his brother ar^d. destroys — Then what is man ? And what rfoin, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ? " SECTION VI. Subject further examined — Sad conceptions of those, relative to the Divine Being...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...and destroys ; And, worse than all, and most to he deplor'd As human nature's hroadest, foulest hlot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a hleeding heart Weeps, when she sees indicted on a heast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this,...
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The baptist Magazine

1828 - 590 pages
...lashes in the morning, and was condemned to lie there till evening, when he was to have fifty more ! ' Then what is man ? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not hlush And hang his head, to think himself a man ?' While here, Mr. Jeffereys visited a Catholic priest:...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ;. And, worse than all, and most to be deplor'd As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him,...is man? And what 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...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys , And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts hb sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast....
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him,...sweat With stripes, that Mercy, with a bleeding heart, Then what is man ! And what man seeing this, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Arid having...
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The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions ..., Volume 1

1811 - 424 pages
...kindred drops, been mingled into one. — Thus man devotes his brother and destroy!— Then what is man i And what man seeing this, And having human feelings,...not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man ?" cowrn. As the professed object of the Philanthropist is " to encourage benevolent feelings," (for...
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