...which Mr. O'Connell afterwards so continually, and not without necessity, dinned into their ears ! " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ! " In 1803, the war on the Continent broke out again, and the public voice soon began to...

...Horse-tails are the insignia of a pacha. 4 Horsemen, answering to our forlorn hop« 5 Sword-bearer. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free...Muscovite redress ye ? no ! True, they may lay your proud dcspoilers low, But not for you will freedom's altars flame. Shades of the Helots ! triumph o'er your...

...poem, that, it is impossible to read without delight, is not inapplicable to our situation : — " ' Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not, Who would be free,...conquest must be wrought ; Will Gaul or Muscovite redress you ? — No. True, they may lay your proud despoilers low, But not for you will freedom's altar flame....

...solely dare encounter hostile rage, Or tear their name defiled from Slavery's mournful page. LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not Who would be free...right arms the conquest must be wrought : Will Gaul or Moscovite redress ye ? no ! l Some thoughts on the present slate of Greece will he found | л the Append)...

...important they should take their stand ; and he would again repeat his old and favourite motto — " ' Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow!' Yes, at once he freely declared, to whatever side he turned him, there was no hope of legal...

...solely dare encounter hostile rage, [page. Or tear their name defiled from Slavery's mournful LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free...low, But not for you will Freedom's altars flame. Shades of the Helots ! triumph o'er your foe ! Greece ! change thy lords, thy state is still the same...

...wished to interfere with the struggles of a bould pisantry against their oppressors. He would say, " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, who would be free themselves must strike the blow?" For his own part, he'd like to see any armed minion of a despotic government who (Here a...

...government is, now at least, the sole cause of Ireland's distresses. Mr. O'Connell's favorite motto was " Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?" This is true ; but the most efficient blow the Irish can strike for themselves is to help...

...us only by their cheers and huzzas, instead of practical efforts—I will address them thus: — ' Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.' " It was towards the close of 1837, that O'CONNELL risked his popularity, and his seat in...

...TYRANTS now enforce the chain, but every CARLE can lord it o'er thy land. 517. HEREDITARY BONBMEN! Know ye not, — who would be free, THEMSELVES must strike the blow? By THEIR right arm the conquest must be wrought : — Will GAUL or MUSCOVITE redress ye? — NO! True, they may lay...