 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...  Agricultural inquiry - Halaman 6631922Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 182 halaman
...OF QUEENSTON, FORT GEORGE, &c. CANADA. " 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." That portion of Upper Canada, designated in the despatches... | |
 | Archibald Smith (M.D.) - 1839 - 640 halaman
...prosperity of the country mainly depends : " 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." Upon this occasion, we are glad to say, that the new governor's... | |
 | Abigail Adams - 1840 - 522 halaman
...from America, when " trade's unfeeling train," shall " usurp this land, and dispossess the swain." " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...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... | |
 | 1840 - 368 halaman
...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 destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 halaman
...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 destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every... | |
 | George Calvert Holland - 1841 - 204 halaman
...evils springing out of your system— * Jonathan Downe. Evidence taken on the Factory Commission. " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey Where...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 halaman
...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 destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every... | |
 | William Henry Harvey - 1841 - 304 halaman
...prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; 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." Already has Scotland reason to bewail the truths inculcated... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 halaman
...wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, faraway, thy children leave the land. 111 fares the land , to hastening ills a prey, Where...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... | |
 | Friedrich von Raumer - 1842 - 340 halaman
...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. These are the general and leading points in the arguments... | |
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