| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 頁
...time, Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
| Herman Merivale - 1841 - 368 頁
...practical doctrines which his beautiful verses have sometimes been dragged in to illustrate : — " Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-supported power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." And these views are so... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 頁
...time , Redress the rigours of th' inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach...sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 頁
...over time, Redress she rigours of th' inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possess'd, Though very poor, may still be very blessed; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
| 1845 - 614 頁
...over lime, Redress the rigors of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach...empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; While self-dependant power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 頁
...over time, Redress the rigors of the inclement clime. Aid slighted truth : with thy persuasive strain Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possess 'd, Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 頁
...over time, iedrcssthe rigours of th' inclement clime; Aid, slighted truth, with thy persuasive strain, Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength point rt, Though very poor, may still be veiy blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay,... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 頁
...marking the lines which he furnished to Goldsmith's " Deserted Village," which are only the last four: " That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...sweeps the labour'd mole away: While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." Talking of education, " People have... | |
| Brief considerations - 1846 - 64 頁
...mechanical arts accompanies its decline. All history moreover confirms the assertion of the poet, " That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away, Whilst self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
| 1846 - 532 頁
...tremendous proof, that states of native strength possessed Though very poor, may still be very blessed ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the... | |
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