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... A Sermon, Delivered Before His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esq., Governor, the ... - Sivu 7tekijä(t) Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 36 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 sivua
...spoiler's hand, 1-ar, 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 Iade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : Hut a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 sivua
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning hills 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." " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With during... | |
| Edward Nares - 1823 - 386 sivua
...Where wealth accumulates and men decay ;. Princes and Lords njay flourish or may fade . A breath can make them as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'<! can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sivua
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a :/h :/ P :/ once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
| William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 532 sivua
...•• •. '•. -••.•.. :, ' « -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 ean never be supplied." Supposing a man intends to emigrate, he should contrast the... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1824 - 876 sivua
...such a Government must place reliance, " 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, When once destroyed, can never be supplied!" I will endeavour to carry your ideas to the very edifice of... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 sivua
...spoiler's hand. Far far away thy children leave the land. : - 111 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 t But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 sivua
...find amongst his characters the old Country 'Squire himself. 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 : * My first Edition had scarcely been published... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 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...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 sivua
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning 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 ev'ry rood... | |
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