 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 Seiten
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance, and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him... | |
 | John Evans - 1804 - 440 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath the vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, .Each wish contracting, fits him... | |
 | 1805 - 984 Seiten
...returning, every labour sped, e sits him down—the monarch oj' ashed." " Man wants but little here below. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and enrols as he goes. " The daythat I visited this cottage, I was taken to another about two miles distant,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1805 - 444 Seiten
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, " He sees his little lot the lot of all ; " Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, " To shame the meanness of his humble shed;" If a people are placed in a state of humility and degradation, can it be said, that to get out of that... | |
 | James Johnson - 1806 - 154 Seiten
...peasant's hut, his feast tho' small, " He sees his little lot, the lot of all ; " Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, " To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, " To make him loath his vegetable meal." We took leave of this curious island on Christmas-day, and on the 26th of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feasts iho" small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him lothe his vegetable meal; >. But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits... | |
 | J. C. - 1806 - 156 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquets deal. To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feast tho' small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal." "8s We took leave of this curious island on Christmas-day, and on the 26th... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him lothe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him... | |
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Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed... 
