 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pages
...Extended empire, like expanded gold, Exchanges solid strength for feeble splendour."—Irene.] (2) [ " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land."—Desertetl Village.] thought a prodigy of parsimony and prudence; though his conversation be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 578 pages
...Exchanges solid strength for feeble splendour.''— Irene.] (2) [ " Ye friends to truth, ye stateamen who survey The rich man's joys Increase, the poor's...limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land."— Denrted \Vlagr.} thought a prodigy of parsimony and prudence; though his conversation be replete with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 574 pages
...splendour."— Irate.'] («) [ " Ye friend- to truth, ye statesmen who surrey The rich man's Joy« Increaie, the poor's decay 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the...limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land."— Detrrtal thought a prodigy of parsimony and prudence; though his conversation be replete with the most... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1829 - 554 pages
...to Goldsmith's theory which is so beautifully and pathetically expressed in the Deserted Village — "Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land," &c. Mr. Southey avers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy. The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy > e'en lieyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - Education - 1839 - 228 pages
...felicity were two inseparable matters." — Marquise de Chasteleiix on Public Happiness, vol. ip 41. " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." of their directors, they began to think that when they were most required, they were entitled to a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand J- Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy. The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...decay, Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand i2 Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, i2 ' Too... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor s decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The...shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
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Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. 
