 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1770 - 604 σελίδες
...fimple and natural (late, with the miferies and vices that have been introduced by poliihed life : ' A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour fpread her wholefome ftore, Juft gave what life required, but gave no more. His bed companions, innocence... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 44 σελίδες
...has made. But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroyed, can never be fupplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man j For him light labour fpread her wholefome ftore, Juft gave what life required, but gave no more.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 σελίδες
...has made; But a bold peafantry, th^ir country's pride, When once deftroyed, can never be fupplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour fpread her wholefome ftore, Juft gave what life required, but gave no more : His beft companions, innocence... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 σελίδες
...has made; But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, 55 When once deftroyed, can never be fupplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour fpread her wholefome ftore, Juftgave what life required, but gave no more: 50 His beft companions,... | |
 | 1857 - 628 σελίδες
...foolish consequences than that to which Goldsmith gave new wings when he sent forth the assertion — ' A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.' [Because the cultivation of land is certainly the most primitive, and is imagined, especially by those... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 σελίδες
...make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground mainlain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,... | |
 | 1807 - 770 σελίδες
...His seat, where solitary sports are seen, . ,Vv,_^ Indignant spurns the cottage from the green— ^ But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, ^ When once destroyed, can never be supplied. After the acquisitions of foreign possessions, this surplus produce of grain gradually •eased to... | |
 | 1806 - 330 σελίδες
...never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome...no more. His best companions, innocence and health ; Aiid his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 σελίδες
...make them, as a breath has made; • But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's...labour spread her wholesome store; Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 σελίδες
...make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's...its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome storey Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health,... | |
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never... 
