 Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...  Once Upon a Time - Seite 293von Charles Knight - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 Seiten
...it over while preparing for the press, conceived they furnished a more appropriate termination — " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labourM mole away : While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 Seiten
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength posscst, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my Lord, for your Ven'son; for finer... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 Seiten
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength posmt, Though very poor, may still bo very blest ; rt resembling thüt which introduces the vicissitudes...the world, fall like ripened corn, and mankind again THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IV BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. Say, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 Seiten
...gain : Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON, A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. FIRST PRINTKD IN MDCCLXV. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 Seiten
...gain : Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. IvvJ .v^ THE HAUNCH OF VENISON, A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. FIRST PRINTED IN MDCCLXV. THE HAUNCH... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 Seiten
...very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, A§ oceans sweep the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IN BOW.STREET, COVKNT-OARDKN. SAY, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 Seiten
...dictated - by a sentiment analogous to that which i* conveyed in four of Goldsmith's lines : — " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay»...sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent states can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." The principal public festivals of China... | |
 | 1840 - 368 Seiten
...Teach him that states. .of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependant pow'r can Time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709-1784.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 Seiten
...; Teach him, that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANEs, my Lord, for your Ven'son ; for finer... | |
 | Herman Merivale - 1841 - 368 Seiten
...practical doctrines which his beautiful verses have sometimes been dragged in to illustrate : — " Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-supported power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." And these views are so... | |
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