 | John Nowell - 1844 - 106 strani
...GARDENING. The substance of a Paper read before the West-Riding Geological and Polytechnic Society. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...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... | |
 | 1845 - 614 strani
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a con never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 strani
...the spoiler's hand Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening 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 root!... | |
 | 1845 - 816 strani
...Goldsmith — ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, •Where wealth accumulates and тол decay ! — Princes and lords may flourish or may...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can петег Ъ* supplied.' " The Cln-ematiels always represent an increase of national... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 strani
...strive to promote the welfare of his fellow-men. CHAPTER XIV. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes...pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied. DESERTED VILLAGE. AFTER Arbridge had quitted the labourer's wretched dwelling, the poor woman remained,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 strani
...the spoilers hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...began, When every rood of ground maintained its man 5 For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ;... | |
 | W. H. Leigh - 1847 - 244 strani
...soil is left in his squalidness, his helplessness, his want. " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once neglected, ne'er can be supplied." Let the sigh that the expatriated tiller of the soil heaved... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 strani
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening 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 every rood... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 strani
...spoiler's hand, 40 Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; 5 For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more... | |
 | 1849 - 634 strani
...Raj is a paternal and ' fostering Raj for the poor ryots !" ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, ' Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; '...pride, ' When once destroyed, can never be supplied." In several chapters our hero describes, in an historical manner, the survey, and other operations in... | |
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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... 
