 | 1809 - 402 pages
...TlicrtMuere a few torn shrub* the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he rail his godly race, Xor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place : I'oskilful he to fawn,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...'JTkTe, where a few torn shr ubs the place .1 it-close "The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man Pփ- a-ycar ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wi^h'd to chnu'j.0, hi... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, Tin- village preacher's modest mansion row. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had cbang'd, nor wish'd to change, bit Unskilful lie to fawn, or seek for pow'r, [place; By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; llcmote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
 | James M'Donald - 1815 - 170 pages
...There, where a few thorn shrubs the place disclose,. The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty p iu'nds a year ; Remote from towns- he ran his go iiy race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change... | |
 | John Carey - 1816 - 300 pages
...» Their splendid domes and busy streets declare Their firmest fort, a king's parental care. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich * with forty pounds a year. Iambic verses of eight syllables — in other respects, pure latnbics--^- but containing examples of... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear. And passing rich with...Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place. Unpractised he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...intelligent agreeable companion in the Curate, who, as Dr. Goldsmith observes on a like occasion, •' Is to all the country dear. And passing- rich, with forty pounds a year.* The first curiosity we were conducted to was Hurtlepot, about 80 yards above the chapel. It is a round... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The villageipreacher's modest mansion rose. A tnau he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a-year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor ere had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with... 
