 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 - Página 293por Charles Knight - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 páginas
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength posseH, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the iabour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, "^1 AB rocks resist 'the billows and... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...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...mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, A» rocks resist the billows and the sky. FINIS. PRINTED BY H. MOZI.EV, OAINSBOBpUOH. ... | |
 | 1814 - 310 páginas
...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 ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defv, As rocks resist the iiillows and the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 498 páginas
...of gain ; Teach him that states, of native strength possesr, Tho' very poor, may yet be very blest ; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As Ocean sweeps the labour' d mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 páginas
...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...sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent pow'r can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 páginas
...marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village," which are only the last four: " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, "...defy, " As rocks resist the billows and the sky." Talking of education, "People have now-a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 páginas
...gain ; Teach him that states, of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still he very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE TRAVELLER; PROSPECT SOC1BV TO THE . . REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH. Dear Sir, T AM sensible that the friendship... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 páginas
...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...sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent pow'r can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the skv. Down where yon Anch'rhig' vefsel spreads... | |
 | W. Plees - 1817 - 410 páginas
...consequences are the same to both. The lust of power, and the lust of gain, are equally fatal to happiness.* " "While self-dependent power can time defy, " As rocks resist the billows, and the sky." , GOLDSMITH. MINERALOGY. • I • • : .. • i Though some accounts of Jersey have been published,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...gain; Teach him, iha! states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away; While self-dependant power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
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