 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 ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can...  Land reform. New, and popular ed - Página 162por Jesse Collings - 1908Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1845 - 816 páginas
...says Sismondi, " in the well-known lines of Goldsmith — < 1ll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ! Princes and lords may flourish or may fade — A breath may make them as a breath has made ; Bat a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 páginas
...spoilei's hand Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, at a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, "V.'lit'H... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the laud, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 páginas
...spoiler's hand, 1-ar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may Iade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : Hut a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far far away thy children leave the land. : - 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,. Where...men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made t But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 páginas
...find amongst his characters the old Country 'Squire himself. 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 : * My first Edition had scarcely been published... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 páginas
...spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ilia 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 ina.de : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1826 - 300 páginas
...spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. 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, or a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 páginas
...degradation of the peasantry, is as just as it is touching: " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning 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 lias made. But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When... | |
 | Rev. G. Hansbrow - 1835 - 456 páginas
...more justly applied to many of those who longed for such punishments : but as Goldsmith once said, " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...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... | |
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