 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...  The Oxford examiner, ed. by M.W.I. Shilleto - Page 6edited by - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1831 - 736 pages
...remind Gentlemen of what the poet had said upon the subject of the poor man's occupation of land— " A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man. 1 ' In his opinion, if every man was put upon his rood of land, no person would be miserable. The Solicitor... | |
 | 1831 - 32 pages
...pernicious practice for the community, as 1 can show. fJÍ-.í 'j, . .., -) ..-•.--. 1 toit 0' , 'A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.* ••••'.* In the year 1799, land was let in Ireland for planting this esculent at ¿6.4 per acre,... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 408 pages
...the following: 1. Substituting the CA.VSE for the EFFECT. Thus, the land is taken for its produce: " A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man." 2. Substituting the EFFwrforthe CAUSE. Thus, Junius asks: " Can grey hairs make... | |
 | Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...? Meat, clothes, and fire.' Pope. manners and customs of their early years — the good old times ' Ere England's griefs began, ' When every rood of ground maintained its man ;' — When 'Squire and Pastor from their pockets drew The book, the tract, — but gave the shilling... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...has made ;w 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 requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...breath has made; Bu^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 required,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1837 - 756 pages
...ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Nor is the second proposition to be granted : A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man. For, the further we should go back in the pages of English history, the thinner... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 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 store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : 1 Where] ' Wealth in all commercial stflBs found to accumulate ; the very... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 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 - 1839 - 242 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 required,... | |
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