 | John Skinner - 1809 - 694 pagina’s
...Goldsmith's description of the " Village Preacher :" " 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 !" The Reverend JOHN SKINNER, for nearly fir... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pagina’s
...garden-flower grows wild— There, where a few torn (limbs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe : A man he was to all the country dear, And patting rich with forty pounds a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pagina’s
...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, hi* Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, [place; By doctrines... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pagina’s
...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 he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagina’s
...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 he to fawn, or seek for power, . , ' By... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...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 s Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagina’s
...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 bis place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pagina’s
...flower grows wild, There where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And paffing rich with forty pounds a year : Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagina’s
...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 he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pagina’s
...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 ; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines... | |
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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... 
