 | William Rae Wilson - 1831 - 812 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot, the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No mighty lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his poor and scanty meal ; But calm, and... | |
 | John Barrow - Iceland - 1835 - 370 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no conspicuous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed." Poor as they are, I have some grounds to believe that there is not a beggar in all Iceland, and Dr.... | |
 | John Barrow - 1835 - 376 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no conspicuous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed." Poor as they are, I have some grounds to believe that there is not a beggar in all Iceland, and Dr.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts thougl small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous d to Paris, with no design but just to look about...are much fonder of strangers that have money than j But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Cheerful at... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his...repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; 1 With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; 7... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his...repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; 7 With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep ; 7... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts thoug] small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous friend, to find tranquillity in the empioy• Dr....procured him invitations for the whole week followin tits him to the soil. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols... | |
 | George Nicholson - 1840 - 692 pages
...peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He finds his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous balace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal." Since the opening of the new line of road from Caernarvon to Capel Curig,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1840 - 164 pages
...his feasts tho' small, 'He sees his little lot the lot of all ; 'Sees no contiguous palace rear il~s head, 'To shame the meanness of his humble shed ;...costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, 'To make him loath his vegetable meal ; 'But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, 'Each wish contracting fits him... | |
 | George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...the peasant's hut, his feasts though small He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his...toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. 9. Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes; With... | |
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Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed... 
