 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 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...he to fawn, or seek for power, . , ' By doctrines fashion 'd to the varying hour ; Par other aims his heart had learn 'd to prise, Mui'ti bent to raise... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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...Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place s Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pages
...brittle frame, Bound to the dust from whence they came. LESSON XXXI. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. demote from towns he ran his godly race ; Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place : LJnpractis'd ha to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour '. Far other... | |
 | 1814 - 310 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; llcmote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 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...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 fash ion' d to the varying hour; Far... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 pages
...have been more accurately delineated than by the following lines in his " Deserted Village :" — " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...to the varying hour : Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. Thns to relieve the wretched was his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 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 e'er had chang'd, nor wifh'd to change his place. Unfkillful he to fawn or feek for power, By doftrines fafhion'd to the... | |
 | John Carey - 1816 - 300 pages
...» Their splendid domes and busy streets declare Their firmest fort, a king's parental care. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich * with forty pounds a year. Iambic verses of eight syllables — in other respects, pure latnbics--^- but containing examples of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 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...change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ' Far other aims his heart had leam'd to prize, More... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...There, where a few torn shrnbs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A roaa he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich...race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, Ms place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; T'ar... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; 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... 
