 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 lehte
...There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man s in this breast, and pleasure in these arme. Oitoo. Take, take me all ; inquire into my heart You k bis godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to'change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 lehte
...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,...a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Noi e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his pl-jce • Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 lehte
...place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country, dear, Í And passing rich with forty pounds a year ! Remote from towns, he ran his god!y race, îïor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 lehte
...meaning of retry or each; as, " They cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is,, ' retry dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" that is, ' every year.' 3. When several adjectives are connected, and express the various qualities... | |
 | James Rush - 1833 - 432 lehte
...come. To those whose elocution consists in such riddles, I propose the following from Goldsmith. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing "rich with forty pounds a year. Now let them guess, or dispute, for the rest of their lives, whether the emphasis I pass by the faults... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 lehte
...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...change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More... | |
 | Cass Grove Barns - 1970 - 312 lehte
...me I become an interested bystander, only one degree removed. CHAPTER XVI A Pioneer Preacher "A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — CMdmith. EV. Charles Wesley Wells, a Methodist minister, gave many interesting experiences he had... | |
 | 1900 - 490 lehte
...sweetness and peace for us all. Remote from towns he ran his Godly race, Nor e'er had changed, or wished to change his place, Unskilful he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: For other aims, his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 lehte
...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...Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize More bent to raise the... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 lehte
...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... | |
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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... 
