William Cowper Quotes | Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lu...

"Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall."

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Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.

— William Cowper

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England always seems to me like a man swimming with his clothes on his head.

— Henry James

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