 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...  A guide to elocution - Page 273by John Sabine - 1807 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English essays - 1770 - 742 pages
...difclofe, The village preacher's mcdcft manfion rofe. A man he was to all the country dear, And pa/ling rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wilh'd to change hi« place. Unfkilful he to fawn, or fcek for power, Bydoftrincs fafnion'd to the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...difclofe, The village preacher's modeil manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And parting rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor ere had changed, nor wiih'd to change his place ; UnOdlful he to fawn, or feek for power, By doftrines... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1770 - 608 pages
...difcloftf, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And pafting rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor ere had changed, nor wifh'd to change his place ; Unfkilful he to fawn, or feek for power, By doftrines... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1770 - 506 pages
...difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear. And pafling rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor ere had changed, jior wilh'd to change his place; Unfkilful he to fawn, or feek for power, By doctrines... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...difclofu, The village preacher's modell manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And pafling rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wiihed to change his placfr; Unpraftifed he to fawn, or feek for power. By doftrines fafhioned... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. ' A man he was, to all the country dear, And pafling rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wiflied to change his placej Unpradtifed he to fawn, or feek for power, By do&rines fafhioned... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 214 pages
...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 ere had chang'd, nor wifh'd to change his place ; Unflcillful he to fawn, or feek for power, By doftrines... | |
 | William Scott (teacher of elocution, Edinburgh.) - Recitations - 1781 - 470 pages
...manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear, And puffing rich — with forty pounds a-year. Remote from towns, he ran his godly race; Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wifb'd to change his place : Unpra&is'd he, to fawn, or feek for power, By do&rines fafliion'd to the'varying... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country dear. And palfing. rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wifh'd to change his place; Unpraftis'd he to fawn, or feek for power, By doftrines fafhion'd to the... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...is always the ' garden fewer that grows « wild: 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, nor wifh'd to change his place; Unfkilful he to fawn, or feek for power, By doflrines fafhion'd to the... | |
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