...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 forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd nor wished to change his place : Unpractic'd...

...in those reigns. Goldsmith, a later writer, describes a gentleman of his day thus : " A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." There were hundreds of the wealthy could say : " And I can take a good man by the hand, And feel that...

...Somersetshire, furnished him a title for orders. He remained there as curate about twelve months. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.f In that church he preached his first sermon on June 20th, 1773, from 1 Cor. ii. 1, 2, which...

...meaning of every or each ; as, 'They cost five shillings a dozen;' that is, 'every dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — GOLDSMITH. that is, ' every year.' There is a particular use of the indefinite article which deserves...

...words, idioms, and phrases, are often used which would be inadmissible in prose ; as, A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. By fountain clear, or spangled star-light sheen. Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, When and...

...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 forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, • Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place...

...his life long had to struggle with difficulties, yet like Goldsmith's curate he has ever been : — " to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" He has toiled long and arduously, never repining, never grumbling at his lot ! Slender and inadequate...

...his life long had to struggle with difficulties, yet like Goldsmith's curate he has ever been: — " to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" He has toiled long and arduously, never repining, never grumbling at his lot ! Slender and inadequate...

...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 forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wished to change, his place :...

...long, the crowd retire distreet, To think a poor man's bones should lie unblest." 77 [" A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." GOLDSMITH.] и [Original Edition :— Sure in his shot, his game he seldom mist. And seldom fail'd...