| 1832 - 712 pages
...stand sentinel on distant outposts in the west, far beyond the utmost limit of civilized life — " No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and the sword." Happily, this want of the means of social amusement is, in some measure, supplied by abundance... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...; 4o product here the barren hills afford, Jut man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; "' ' v'o r ; 60 »EIS. ENGLISH LITERATURE. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. No zephyr fondly sue» the mountain 'я breast, But... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion trv-il, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread No product...meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Yet still, e'en here, content can spread a charm Redress the dime, and all its rage disarm. Though poor the peasant's... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product...breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. 1 Jts former strength, S;c. — Goldsmith elsewhere says — "In short, the state resembled one of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display — Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product...array. But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; 172 No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Yet... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tre*;l. And force a churlish soil for scanty bread No product...rocks array. But winter lingering chills the lap of Ma-r . 1ЬО : No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.... | |
| 1847 - 440 pages
...leave of this rude country, where " No vernal blooim the torpid rocks array, But winter, ling'ring, chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the...breast, But meteors glare and stormy glooms invest," It is scarcely needful to remark that the romantic ideas which the perusal of her poets and historians,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...call. See where the Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May. Yet still e'en here content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm. Though... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the Weak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product...array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May. . . Yet still, even here, Content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm. Though... | |
| John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product...rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of Mav. . . Yet still, even here, Content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm.... | |
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