...A TALE. CHAP. I. A Man he .was to all the country dear, Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, Bj doctrines fashion'd to the varying' hour ; Far other...prize* More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. IN a retired romantic village in the west of England^ some years previous to the commencement of this...

...or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had leam'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...

...with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'dto change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long remember' d beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...

...seek for power, By doctrines fashion 'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had Iearn'd°to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise....chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain, The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, "Whose beard, descending, swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd...

...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 other aims his heart had...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...

...have been more accurately delineated than by the following lines in his " Deserted Village :" — " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. Thns to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings Ican'd to Virtue's side; But, in...

...or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour ' Far other aims his heart had leam'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, bnt reliev'd their pain ; The long remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...

...doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: Far other aims his heart had learned to prize— More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was...chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain: The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast; The ruined spendthrift,...

...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; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...

...disclo'se, The village preacher's modest mansion rose, A man he was to all the country dear, ' . ' '. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines...was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wand'rings, but reliev'd their pain ; The long-reuiember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending...