 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...  Land Reform: Occupying Ownership, Peasant Proprietary, and Rural Education - Page 152de Jesse Collings - 1908 - 452 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1867 - 964 pages
..."Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes aud loráVí may flourish or may /ode; A BREATH con make them, as a breath has made; But a BOLD PEASANTRY, their country's pride, When once DESTBOTÏD, can NEVER be siálica1." It is an intelligent, virtuous, free, and extensive population,... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land , to haft'ning ills a prey ; , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay...breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd , can never be fupply'd. A time there was , ere... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...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... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...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 supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 68 pages
...with unmingled satisfaction. In his deliberate judgment ; « '"Hi fares the land, to hart'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.'* It is an intelligent, virtuous, free and extensive population,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. / 111 fares the land, to hast'ning 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 : K But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 pages
...wealth accumulates, and men decay ; ff 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 destroy'd, can never de supplied." GOLDSMITH. 5 And Irave a thousand deaths of various farm. —... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...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 and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has madp : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1807 - 770 pages
...His seat, where solitary sports are seen, . ,Vv,_^ Indignant spurns the cottage from the green— ^ But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, ^ When once destroyed, can never be supplied. After the acquisitions of foreign possessions, this surplus produce of grain gradually •eased to... | |
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