A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches,... Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell - Seite 26von Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 68 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William T. Newenham - 1851 - 154 Seiten
...terminus, thereby affording just grounds for the bard's lament :— But times are alter'd ; trades unfeeling train Usurp the land and dispossess the...swain ; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwii'ldly wealth and cumbrous pomp repose. If you lack fellowship with these as well with those troops... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 Seiten
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 Seiten
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him, light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave whut life required, but gave no more ; to His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches,... | |
| Herbert Byng Hall - 1853 - 322 Seiten
...despised. CHAPTER XIII. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome...gave what life required, but gave no more, His best companion innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance and wealth. GOLDSMITH. THE glories of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 Seiten
...time there was, ere England's griefa began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For tun light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : 2 Where] ' Wealth in all commercial states is found to accumulate ; the very laws may contribute... | |
| William Herbert - 1853 - 234 Seiten
...be supplied. — A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...plumes supply. Swilt. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich on forty pounds a year; His best companions innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth. Goldsmith. RIDDtES. RIDICULOUS. 549 EIDDLES. ALL who enter in this world a faded picture with them... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 Seiten
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome...his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter* d ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain : Along the lawn where... | |
| William Collins - 1854 - 430 Seiten
...bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain: Along the lawn where scattered... | |
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