 Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, 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...  Guide to the army - competitive examinations - Pagina 39door Alexander Hadden Hutchinson - 1861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 246 pagina’s
...meaning of every or each ; as, " They cost five shillings <i dozen ;" that is, ' every dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds o year !" lliat is, ' every year.' 3. When several adjectives are connected, and express the various... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 pagina’s
...Impatient attendance in these abodes of misery, is admirably described."- — JEFFREY.] (2) [" A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — GOLDSMITH.] • A sportsman keen, he shoots through half the day, (') And, skill'd at whist, devotes... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 pagina’s
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place : Unskilful... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - 1835 - 240 pagina’s
...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 OF RULE XIII. — The adjective pronouns this, that, these, and those, with the numeral... | |
 | 1836 - 206 pagina’s
...presented in bold relief, "they" would require emphasis. In the following couplet from "Goldsmith," "A man he was to all the country dear, And " passing" rich with forty pounds a year," if "passing" is taken in a superlative sense, it would require a distinctive emphasis; if the clergyman... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pagina’s
...furD i shed him a title for orders. He remained there as curate about twelve months, where * Л man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.'« In th?t church lie preached Ы* Jirst sermon, on June ?''. 17/3, f-..m I Cor it. I, 2, which he afterwards... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pagina’s
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pagina’s
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place;... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...There, 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 ; Unskilful... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pagina’s
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
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