 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 стор.
...place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country, dear, Í And passing rich with forty pounds a year ! Remote from towns, he ran his god!y race, îïor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek... | |
 | James Rush - 1833 - 432 стор.
...come. To those whose elocution consists in such riddles, I propose the following from Goldsmith. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing "rich with forty pounds a year. Now let them guess, or dispute, for the rest of their lives, whether the emphasis I pass by the faults... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 стор.
...meaning of retry or each; as, " They cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is,, ' retry dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" that is, ' every year.' 3. When several adjectives are connected, and express the various qualities... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 стор.
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 стор.
...Impatient attendance in these abodes of misery, is admirably described."- — JEFFREY.] (2) [" A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — GOLDSMITH.] • A sportsman keen, he shoots through half the day, (') And, skill'd at whist, devotes... | |
 | John Grigg Hewlett - 1835 - 254 стор.
...any of that calling more fully than to this worthy individual : — " Remote from towns he ran bis godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change...to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. He tried each art, reprov'd each dull... | |
 | Cass Grove Barns - 1970 - 312 стор.
...me I become an interested bystander, only one degree removed. CHAPTER XVI A Pioneer Preacher "A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — CMdmith. EV. Charles Wesley Wells, a Methodist minister, gave many interesting experiences he had... | |
 | 1900 - 490 стор.
...sweetness and peace for us all. Remote from towns he ran his Godly race, Nor e'er had changed, or wished to change his place, Unskilful he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: For other aims, his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 стор.
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize More bent to raise the... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 стор.
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... 
