 | 1831 - 32 pages
...pernicious practice for the community, as 1 can show. fJÍ-.í 'j, . .., -) ..-•.--. 1 toit 0' , 'A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.* ••••'.* In the year 1799, land was let in Ireland for planting this esculent at ¿6.4 per acre,... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 408 pages
...the following: 1. Substituting the CA.VSE for the EFFECT. Thus, the land is taken for its produce: " A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man." 2. Substituting the EFFwrforthe CAUSE. Thus, Junius asks: " Can grey hairs make... | |
 | 1834 - 332 pages
...? Meat, clothes, and fire.' Pope. manners and customs of their early years — the good old times ' Ere England's griefs began, ' When every rood of ground maintained its man ;' — When 'Squire and Pastor from their pockets drew The book, the tract, — but gave the shilling... | |
 | 1836 - 456 pages
...England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spiead her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more. The meadows in some of the valleys are sometimes twice reaped, and then fed. In others, particularly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 pages
...has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. (1) [ " Those who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome...more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. (1) [ " Those who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides... | |
 | 1837 - 756 pages
...ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Nor is the second proposition to be granted : A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man. For, the further we should go back in the pages of English history, the thinner... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...breath has made; Bu^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 of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...never be supplied.) A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome...store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : 1 Where] ' Wealth in all commercial stflBs found to accumulate ; the very laws may contribute (HK... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...has made : 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 of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
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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 be supplied. A time there was, ere England's... 
