...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...

...but one. 498. Not thirty TYRANTS now enforce the chain, but every CARLE can lord it o'er thy land. may lay your proud despoilers low ; but not for YOU will freedom's altars flame. 500. A THOUSAND YEARS scarce serve to FORM a state ; an HOUR may lay it in the dust. 501. He prayed...

...ye not [blow? Who would be free themselves must strike the By their right arms the conquest mustbe wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye ? no !...Helots ! triumph o'er your foe ! Greece ! change thy lords,thy state is still the same ; Thy glorious day is o'er, but not thine years of shame. LXXVII....

...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...

...mournful LXXVI. Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not [blow? Who would be free themselves must strike the By their right arms the conquest must be wrought:...your foe! Greece ! change thy lords, thy state is »till the same ; Thy glorious day is o'er, but not thine years of shame. (1) Sword-bearer. (2) Some...