| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 trang
...meaning of every or each : as, " They cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is, " every dozen." " A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." Golthmttt. that is, " every year." There is a particular use of the indefinite article, which deserves... | |
| 1809 - 402 trang
...once the garden gmir'd, Aud still where many a garden flow'r growl wild, TlicrtMuere a few torn shrub* the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...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 trang
...And still whm-inaii) a garden flow rgrowswilJ 'JTkTe, where a few torn shr ubs the place .1 it-close 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 trang
...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 trang
...harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrnbs the place disclose. The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all the conntry... | |
| 1814 - 310 trang
...weep 'till morn ; She only left, of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And...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... | |
| George Vaughan Sampson - 1814 - 418 trang
...defence consisted of a moat; tlic terrace, orchards, and pleasure grounds may yet be traced : " In yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, " And still where many a garden flow'r grows wild." Respecting the last noted personages of this family, there is a curious anecdote.... | |
| James M'Donald - 1815 - 170 trang
...of being to have been. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where once the garden srail'd,And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few thorn shrubs the place disclose,. The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all... | |
| John Carey - 1816 - 300 trang
...» 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 trang
...The fad hiftorian of the penfive plain ! Near yonder copfe, where once the garden fmil'd, And ftill where many a garden flower grows wild, There where a few torn fhrubs the place difclofe, The village preacher's modeft manfion rofe. A man he was, to all the country... | |
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