 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, 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...  Sketches of History, Politics, and Manners, in Dublin, and the North of ... - 280 psl.autoriai: John Gamble - 1826 - 355 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 psl.
...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,...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd." " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With during aims irregularly great: Pride... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1823 - 386 psl.
...Where wealth accumulates and men decay ;. Princes and Lords njay flourish or may fade . A breath can make them as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'<! can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 psl.
...Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; . Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can C. Hall supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1824 - 876 psl.
...such a Government must place reliance, " Princes and lords may flourish and 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!" I will endeavour to carry your ideas to the very edifice of... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 532 psl.
...•• •. '•. -••.•.. :, ' « -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 ean never be supplied." Supposing a man intends to emigrate, he should contrast the... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 psl.
...our country : " Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath hath made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd can never be supplied." What is the peasantry of a nation that can only boast of physical strength ? — Without education... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 psl.
...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,...pride, When once destroy'd can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground malntain'd its man ; For him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 psl.
...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,...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 ; For him... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 psl.
...them the beautiful language of the poet : " Princes and lords way florish, 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." When a magistrate uses th» power intrusted to him for an improper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 psl.
...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. The poet, again personified in the traveller, returns from his... | |
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