 | Rev. G. Hansbrow - 1835 - 438 sivua
...longed for such punishments : but as Goldsmith once said, " 111 fares the land, to hastening ilia a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry — their country's... | |
 | 1836 - 784 sivua
...shall we not rather adopt the sentiment of Goldsmith, and say : III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ! Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath unmakes them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When... | |
 | 1862 - 464 sivua
...zeide Goldsmith, en zijne woorden heeft Posthumus overgenomen en vertaald [Jouwerkoerke , pag. 3]: „ 111 fares the land, to hastening ilLs a prey, „...a breath has made; „ But a bold peasantry, their countrys pride, „ When once destroyed can never be supplied. De Romeinen, het grootste volk dat op... | |
 | 1837 - 704 sivua
...the national scroll the record of old—' They forsook the Lord, and served Baalim and Ashteroth.' ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath CIHI make them, as a breath has made ; Hut a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1837 - 530 sivua
...labourer, illustrating his remarks by the following beautiful quotation from the Deserted Village : " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, A breath can make them as a breath hath made. But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 sivua
...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 and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 sivua
...and wall out its real life and soul — its hard» peasantry. Ш fares Ле land, to hast'ninj ilia a facie; A breath ran make them as a breath has made; Buta bold peasantry, tlieir country's pride, When... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 sivua
...the spoiler's hand Far, tar away thy children leave the land. 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 ; Eut a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1841 - 304 sivua
...threatened with becoming comparatively uninhabited deserts.* " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning woes a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 sivua
...wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, faraway, thy children leave the land. 111 fares the land , to hastening ills a prey, Where...accumulates , and men decay : Princes and lords may nourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their... | |
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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 ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... 
