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 ... - Página 7por Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 36 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 páginas
...them the beautiful language of the poet : " Princes and lords way florish, 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." When a magistrate uses th» power intrusted to him for an improper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 páginas
...spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ilia 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 ina.de : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...Where wealth aeeumulates, and men deeay ; Prinees and lords may flourish, or may fade, A breath ean ing they but dust ean shew, Or bones that hasten to be so. eountry's pride, • When onee destroy'd, ean never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs... | |
 | John Gamble - 1826 - 374 páginas
...every year be more and more sensibly felt. " 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 be supplied." The population of Ireland is rapidly becoming more Catholic... | |
 | 1826 - 300 páginas
...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, or a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1827 - 152 páginas
...Societies for tfte |loor« DEDICATED TO THOMAS BURCH WESTERN, ESQ. Ill fares the laud, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...But a bold Peasantry, their Country's pride, When once destroyed^ can never be supplied, GO£DSMITH. COLCHESTER: PRINTED AND SOLD BY SWINBORNE AND WALTER;... | |
 | 1828 - 64 páginas
...HONOUR THEM WITH A DISPASSIONATE PERUSAL. January 1. 1823. 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. * * * * Good heavens ! what sorrows gloom'd that parting day,... | |
 | 596 páginas
...cause better than he could do it : he said, " 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 csB never be iupplied." To accomplish these grand and important objects, they had met... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1828 - 352 páginas
...prey, Where wealth 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 Country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. The Deserted Village. Repeated animadversions of The Commissioners... | |
 | George Canning - 1828 - 456 páginas
...agricultural part of the community— that, " ' 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 be supplied.' " So say I of the higher ranks of that same portion of the... | |
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