 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy" d, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplv'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 604 σελίδες
...encourage them to abandon their native soil. Alas I • • "III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, - . Where wealth accumulates, and men decay....them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, a country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." In these verses, Sir, is much of sound... | |
 | 1817 - 696 σελίδες
...every principle of sound political economy, and in every thing commendable, except as above admitted. " A time there was, 'ere England's griefs began, When...its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome storef Just give what life required, and gave no more; His best companions, innocence and health) And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the laud, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry—their country's pride— When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 σελίδες
...spoiler's handFar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prry, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once ctestroy'd,can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes...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... | |
 | 1820 - 590 σελίδες
...with unmingled »atisfaction. In his deliberate judgment ; "HI fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...: But a bold peasantry their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied." It is an intelligent, virtuous, free and extensh ipuhition,... | |
 | 1820 - 344 σελίδες
...remedy for an irremedible evil. " 111 fares the land," says my favourite poet, " to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere Scotland's ' griefs began, When every... | |
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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... 
