 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1894 - Страниц: 560
...desultory paper that I am about to read. Upon this stone is graven the following striking epitaph: — God wills us free; man wills us slaves. I will as God wills; God's will he done. Here lies the body of John Jack, A native of Africa, who died March 1773, aged about 60 years.... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1895 - Страниц: 604
...pathetic epitaph, — a striking commentary on the anachronism of human bondage in a land of freedom : — God wills us free, man wills us slaves, I will as...JOHN JACK A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, a^ed about sixty years. Though born ma land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land... | |
 | 1873 - Страниц: 880
...contributes it least one half of the enjoyment FROM the Burying-ground of Concord, Massachusetts : — God wills us free — man wills us slaves, I will...John Jack, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, ag?d about sixty years. Thougnborn in a land of slavery, He was born free ; Though he lived in a land... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - Страниц: 440
...stone with this rare epitaph, attributed to the Tory lawyer, Daniel Bliss, son of the minister : — God wills us free, man wills us slaves I will as God...a native of Africa, who died March 1773 aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, he was born free. Though he lived in a laud of liberty,... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1898 - Страниц: 514
...him the hour had come. Unconsciously, his heart beat time to the music of the Slave's Epitaph: — " God wills us free, Man wills us slaves; I will as God wills, God's will be done." CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRlGADE 161 ALFRED TENNYSON 1809-1892 ALFRED TENNYSON, one of the most popular... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - Страниц: 516
...villa tu free, man irills ut tlavtt. 1 will as God willt; God's will be (lone. HERE I.tr.S THE BOOY OF JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, Aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - Страниц: 514
...collection, — the epitaph on the headstone of the grave of a slave, on the farther slope of the hill : — God wills us free, man wills us slaves. I will as God wills ; God '« will be done. HERE LIES THE BODY OF JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773,... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1899 - Страниц: 522
...graveyards. One inscription usually attributed to the pen of Daniel Bliss, has been much admired. " God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will as God wills ; God's will bu done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK A native of Africa who died March, 1773, aged about sixty... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1900 - Страниц: 508
...told him the hour had come. Unconsciously, his heart beat time to the music of the slave's epitaph: " God wills us free; Man wills us slaves; I will as God wills: God's will be done! " — George William Curtis. IO I46 NO. 2. DEPARTURE AND RETURN OF THE STATES. In the year 1861, as... | |
 | 1900 - Страниц: 826
...breaking the shackles of political and religious slavery, may well be placed the — SLAVE'S EPITAPH. "God wills us free, — Man wills us slaves, I will as God wills;— God's will be dune!" Libra. THE DISCERNMENT OF TKUTH. In the refined and highly developed mentality, the discernment... | |
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God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will as God wills ; God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK A native of Africa who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. 
