...obloquy ; much calumny, for a people with whom I have no tic, but thn common bond of mankind. Burke. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Byron. All, all forgotten; and shall man repine That his frail bond* to fleeting life are...

...brother-slaves, starts forth as the redoubted champion of freedom, and, like Daniel O'Connell, thunders forth — Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ? And strike the blow they accordingly did ; " by a simultaneous movement" of these goaded...

...assist the struggle of independence. The day is at hand, nay, it now is, that he need no longer sing " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow V The blow is struck : and with glory shall it be told by generations, as yet unborn, of Grecian...

...encounter hostile rage, Or tear their name denied lrom Slavery's mournful page. Hereditary bondsmen Î know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ? By their right arma the conquest must be wruughti Will Gaul or Muscovite redress yet No! Tiue, they may lay your proud...

...Honourable and Learned Gentleman, vindicating the resistance of the people, had quoted the words — •' Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." Did the Honourable and Learned Member pretend to be ignorant of the meaning which was attached...

...sometimes industrious — the veriest slaves — crouching, like a beaten cur, beneath its master's rod. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow? ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. (Concluded from p. 436.J THE three sections of the Act for the Abolition...

...sigh, Nor solely dare encounter hostile rage, Or tear their name denied from Slavery's mournful page. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not, Who would be free,...despoilers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars name. — Shades of the Helots ! triumph o'er your foe ! Greece ! change thy lords, thy state is still...

...here confounded." It was from his mind that O'Connell caught and adopted the talismanic motto — " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, who would be free, themselves must strike the blow !" and although it was applied to the prostrate Greeks, it served to liberate the disfranchised...

...here confounded." It was from his mind that O'Conncll caught and adopted the talismanic motto — " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, who would be free, themselves must strike the blow !" and although it was applied to the prostrate Greeks, it served to liberate the disfranchised...

...still considerable remains : it was seized by Thrasybulus, previous to the expulsion of the Thirty. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would...be wrought ? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? no 1 True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame. Shades...