 Yet then this little spot of earth well till'd, A num'rous family with plenty fill'd, The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace and fatten'd with content; Enjoy'd the dregs of life, and lived to see A long descending healthful progeny.  On protuberant abdomen - Page 3by Adolph Hahnemann Allshorn - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Juvenal - Satire - 1735 - 512 pages
...Acres fell : (Their Country's frugal Bounty;) fo of old Was Blood, and Life, at a low Market fold. Yet, then, this little Spot of Earth well Till'd,...with Plenty fill'd ; The good old Man and thrifty Houfewife {pent Their Days in Peace, and fatten'd with Content. Enjoy'd the Dregs of Life, and liv'd... | |
 | 1776 - 632 pages
...fufficient evidence. " ~ The Defcription of an Engliih Yeoman, &V. in ancient Times. THIS little fpot of earth, well till'd, A num'rous family with plenty fill'd ; The good old man and thrifty houfe-wife fpent Their days in peace, and fatten'd with content j Enjoy 'd the dregs of life, and liv'd... | |
 | Basil Kennett - Education - 1812 - 434 pages
...ccena Amplior, et grandesfumabant pultibus ollce. This little spot of earth, well till'd, A numerous family with plenty fill'd. The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace, and fatten'd with content ; Enjoyed the dregs of life, and liv'd to see A long, descending healthful progeny.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...the publick pood, And villainsyij/ten with the brave man's labour. Otwaj. Yet then this little fpot of earth well till'd, A num'rous family with plenty fill'd, > The good old man and thrifty houfewife fpcnt. Their clays in peace and fatten d with content : Enjoy'd the dregs of life, and liv'd... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 316 pages
...Was blood and life at a low market sold. Yet, then, this little spot of earth well till'd, A numerous family with plenty fill'd; The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace, and fatten'd with content, Enjoy'd the dregs of life, and lived to see A long descending healthful progeny.... | |
 | Basil Kennett - Rome - 1822 - 468 pages
...coma Jlmpliar, et grandes fumabant pultibiu ollee. This little spot of earth, well till'd, A numerous family with plenty fill'd, The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Enjoyed the dregs of life, and liv'd to see A long-descending healthful progeny. The men were fashion'd... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 462 pages
...thy blood. Id. Yet then this little spot of earth well till'd, A nuoi'rous family with plenty tilled. The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace, and ftitten'd with content ; Enjoy'd the dregs of life, and liv'd to see A long-descending healthful progeny.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...Thi» falchion else, not hitherto withstood. Those hostile fields shall fatten with thy blood. Id. Yet then this little spot of earth well till'd, A num'rous family wiih plenty lillcd, The good old man and thrifty iio.Kfwif.r «pent Their days in peace, ami Jnttcn'd... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...j This falchion else, not hitherto withstood. These hostile fields shall fallen with thy blood. Id. Yet then this little spot of earth well till'd, A num'rous family with plenty filled. The good old man and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace, anil fntten'd with content... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 pages
...furrows worn, ****** A. little spot of earth well tilled, A. numerous family with plenty filled. — The good old man, and thrifty housewife spent Their days in peace, and fattened with content. Enjoyed the dregs of life, and lived to see A long-descending healthful progeny.... | |
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