 | 1862 - 464 sider
...Posthumus overgenomen en vertaald [Jouwerkoerke , pag. 3]: „ 111 fares the land, to hastening ilLs a prey, „ Where wealth accumulates and men decay....a breath has made; „ But a bold peasantry, their countrys pride, „ When once destroyed can never be supplied. De Romeinen, het grootste volk dat op... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 sider
...And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Since then it is entailed upon humanity to submit,...born to command, and others to obey, the question nourish or may fade : A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 sider
...economists may talk as they like, but poor Goldsmith was right: " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princes...pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." Mr. Blacker is determined they shall not be destroyed. He has a better method of curing the poverty... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 834 sider
...economists may talk as they like, but poor Goldsmith was right: " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes...peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can ne ver be supplied." Mr. Blacker is determined they shall not be destroyed. He has a better method... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 sider
...And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares...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... | |
 | Archibald Smith (M.D.) - 1839 - 640 sider
...prosperity of the country mainly depends : " Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them, as a breath has made. But a bold peasantry,...pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied." Upon this occasion, we are glad to say, that the new governor's deceitful conduct towards us did not... | |
 | Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 182 sider
...OF QUEENSTON, FORT GEORGE, &c. CANADA. " Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made -. But a bold peasantry,...pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." That portion of Upper Canada, designated in the despatches of Gen. Brown, as the peninsula lying between... | |
 | 1839 - 630 sider
...RHYMES, TAKEN FROM HAMPSHIRE COCNTY, VA. " Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry,...pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." GOLDSMTTH'S " DESEBTED Hail! hunting-shirt — hail! mountaineer! Right harbingers of winter cheer... | |
 | 1839 - 622 sider
...RHYMES, TAKEN FROM HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, VA. " Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry,...pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." GOLDSMITH'S " DESERTED ViM-AM." Hail ! hunting-shirt — hail ! mountaineer ! Right harbingers of winter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 sider
...And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares...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... | |
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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... 
