 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...  The Co-operator - Сторінка 501869Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | William Jackson (of the Inner temple.) - 1795 - 412 стор.
...which our national fafety famaterially depends. " Princes and lords may flQurifh and/rnay fade, " A breath can make them, as a breath hath made; " But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, " When once deflrpy'd, can never be fupplied." GOLDSMITH. Proceedings... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 стор.
...the law now, that they can experience no oppression : Princes and Lords may Sourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath hath made, But a bold Peasantry, their Country's pride, When once destroy'd can never be supplied. The hospitality of the numerous and highly respectable famity... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 стор.
...the law now, that they can experience no oppression : Princes and Lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them, as a breath hath made ; But a bold Peasantry, their Country's pride, AVhen once destroy'd can never be supply'd. The hospitality of the numerous and highly respectable... | |
 | 1807 - 770 стор.
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 стор.
...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 he supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its... | |
 | William Windham, Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 454 стор.
...contented — sensible of the blessings they enjoyed, and capable of defending them. Feeling that . a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied, he deprecated all attempts which were made to deprive them of their accustomed sports and exercises.... | |
 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 216 стор.
...contented — sensible of the blessings they enjoyed, and capable of defending them. Feeling that a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied, he deprecated all attempts which were made to deprive them of their accustomed sports and exercises.... | |
 | John Bernard Trotter - 1819 - 656 стор.
...mentioned. It appears a plan to make general mendicity ! Landlords do not think of the poet's words : — " But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, " When once destroyed, can never be supplied ;" and appear rather indifferent to the depopulation of their estates ! Many great farmers too, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 стор.
...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 supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 стор.
...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 he supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every-rood of ground maintained its... | |
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