 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...never he supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs hegan, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store Just gave what life requlr'd, but gave no more; Ills hest companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...has made; But a bold peasantry—their country's pride— When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...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...more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...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 maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...has made : 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 of ground niainiaiii'd its man ; For him light Labor spread her wholsome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 344 pages
...be supplied. A time there was, ere Scotland's ' griefs began, When every roo4 of ground maintain'd 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, ignorance... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...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...more: His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land,... | |
 | Jews - 1821 - 284 pages
...island, he proceeds — A time there was, ere England's grief began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome...more. His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd : trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just...more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...once destroyed, can never he 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 stove, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health ;... | |
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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 be supplied. A time there was, ere England's... 
