 | 1831 - 32 páginas
...pernicious practice for the community, as 1 can show. fJÍ-.í 'j, . .., -) ..-•.--. 1 toit 0' , 'A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.* ••••'.* In the year 1799, land was let in Ireland for planting this esculent... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1831 - 736 páginas
...remind Gentlemen of what the poet had said upon the subject of the poor man's occupation of land— " A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man. 1 ' In his opinion, if every man was put upon his rood of land, no person would... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 150 páginas
...has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, 'When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, 'When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; Рог him light Labour spread herwholesome store, Just gave what life rcquir'd, but gave no more... | |
 | 1836 - 456 páginas
...the former is generally consumed within the limits of the ground on which it grows: As once it wns, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spiead her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more. The meadows in some of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 páginas
...breath has made; Bu^a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence... | |
 | 1837 - 756 páginas
...ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Nor is the second proposition to be granted : A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man. For, the further we should go back in the pages of English history, the thinner we should find the population... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 páginas
...has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 páginas
...has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : * Where] ' Wealth in all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 páginas
...has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride.^ When once destroy'd, can never be supplied.) A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : 1 Where] ' Wealth in all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 páginas
...has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied, A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence... | |
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Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's... 
