 Man alone seems to be the only creature who has arrived to the natural size in this poor soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove,* nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their...  The Athenaeum - Page 1781832Full view - About this book
 | John Forster - 1854 - 512 pages
...Every part of the ' ' country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove nor brook, lend their " music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...their poverty : yet " with all these disadvantages, enough to call him down to humility, a Scotchman "is one of the proudest things alive. — The poor... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove nor brook lend their music to cheer the f stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty. Yet with all these disadvantages, enough to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1861 - 416 pages
...soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...them. If mankind should happen to despise them, they arc masters of their own admiration ; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves. " From... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1862 - 422 pages
...soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration ; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves. From their pride and poverty,... | |
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1862 - 310 pages
...feeble powers attend, Nor sweeter muaic of a virtuous friend. — Id. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty. — Goldsmith. 659. The conjunction but must not be confounded with the adverb, the preposition, or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves. "From their pride and poverty,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 404 pages
...soil. — Every part of tho country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove nor brook lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty; vet with all these disadvantages, enough to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1872 - 434 pages
...soiL Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman id one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - Social reformers - 1876 - 220 pages
...poor soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove nor brook lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty." Wherever Goldsmith was, it is clear he was not in Strathblane, for there are trees in this parish that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1879 - 266 pages
...soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants...Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to iiunriuty, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve... | |
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