 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
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 pagina’s
...statesman." The motion was unanimously agreed to. On the same day (the 13th of April) Lord Shel• " And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath. Shall feel your ruling passion strong iti death: Sneh in those moments as in all the i>.i -i ; ' Oil ! f-ave my country. Heaven 1' shall... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 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'dt change his place;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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... | |
 | 1842 - 300 pagina’s
...thousands. maintained his independence, but performed many acts of hospitality and beneficence. " A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." We know the obligation upon us, conveyed in language familiar to us from our youth up, to " do our... | |
 | Cass Grove Barns - 1970 - 312 pagina’s
...me I become an interested bystander, only one degree removed. CHAPTER XVI A Pioneer Preacher "A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — CMdmith. EV. Charles Wesley Wells, a Methodist minister, gave many interesting experiences he had... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1982 - 228 pagina’s
...pounds a year: cf. Goldsmith, The Deserted Village (1770), where the local vicar is described as: '. . . to all the country dear, /And passing rich with forty pounds a year. . .' (Collected Works, IV, p. 293, ll. 141-2). The portrait goes on to describe his fixity, integrity... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 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... | |
 | Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 pagina’s
...self-perceived, his life corresponds to a perennial ideal, from Chaucer on down, of the rural parson who is "to all the country dear, / And passing rich with forty pounds a year" (Deserted Village, 11. 141-42.). Loss and death do of course occur in Selborne, but always in a context... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 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; Unpractised... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pagina’s
...remaining vestige of what was once a garden, is always the ' garden flower that grows wild.' 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 o'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place . . .... | |
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