 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock...and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock...and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth : His seat, where solitary sports are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pagina’s
...the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride, Takes up a space that nianj* poor supply'd ; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space...that wraps his limbs in silken cloth, Has robb'd the neigh b'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...all ihe world around ; Yet count our gains : this wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product and Love of Mail. For him alone, Hope leads from goal...unconfin'd, It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind. iimhs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pagina’s
...gains : this wealth is but a uainc That leaves o-ar useful product still the same. Kot so the toss : the man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that...extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and bounds •. The rube that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagina’s
...the tide with loads of freighted , ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich me.n flock...and hounds : The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robu'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighboring fields of half their growth ; His seat where solitary sports are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products...The robe that wraps his limbs in silken cloth Has robbed the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pagina’s
...all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a namo That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth...and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pagina’s
...swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock...and hounds : The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth, Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth ; His seat, where solitary sports are... | |
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Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name, That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that... 
