 | Noah Worcester - Ethics - 1823 - 302 pages
...shrubs the place disclose, I'he village preacher's modest mansion rose. the Village Treacher. 34£ 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;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man miss, And, seeking grace to improve the prize they...wiser suit than asking more. And has the wi Without e'er had chang'd nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...There, where a tew torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. Л man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-ycar, Heraot* from tnwns he ran his godly rate, [place ; Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1824 - 554 pages
...each : as, " They cost five shillings a doxen ;" that is, " every dozen," or " each dozen." " A man he was to all the country dear, "And passing rich with forty pounds a year." Goldsmith. that is, " every year." " There is a particular use of the indefinite article,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 240 pages
...no particular objections, 1 will light my sheroot," Sic. &c. &c. CHAPTER XVI. THE CLERGYMAN. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. DRYDEN, from Chaucer. MRS. DODS'S conviction, that her friend Tyrrel had been murdered by the... | |
 | English poetry - 1824 - 178 pages
...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:... | |
 | 1824 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...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...a-year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, Ry doctrines... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 462 pages
...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:... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...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 Unskilful... | |
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he was, to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; " Remote from towns he ran his godly race, " Nor ere had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place; " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, 
