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: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never... Introductory remarks - Page 258by Wakefield, Edward - 1812Full view - About this book
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...Where wealth accumulates and men decay ;. Princes and Lords njay flourish or may fade . A breath can make them as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'<! can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
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...•• •. '•. -••.•.. :, ' « -Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade, ' , A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed ean never be supplied." Supposing a man intends to emigrate, he should contrast... | |
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| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
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...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,... | |
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