 | 1805 - 948 Seiten
...wealth's a fix to me ; Foe to our rights; that leaves a powerful I..W The paths of emulation to pursue : For emulation stoops to us no more ; The hope of humble industry it o'er*? The blameless hope, the cheering sweet presage Of future comforts for declining age. Can... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1801 - 390 Seiten
...rights; that leaves a pow'rful few ' The paths of emulation to pursue:... v. 353. Subject continued. ' For emulation stoops to us no more : ' The hope of...profits with the labours of the land? • -, ' No; tho' indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, ' Where's the small farm to suit my scanty means? ' Content,... | |
 | 1850 - 638 Seiten
...concentrated in the hands of ' 32,000.'* The absorption of small farms is thus lamented by Bloomfield : — ' Can my sons share from this paternal hand The profits...No : though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, IVhere's the small farm to suit my scanty means ? ' The labourer's hope of rising in the world, says... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1806 - 198 Seiten
...pursue :.„. Subject continrr.l. * For em illation* stoops to us uo more: * The hope of humble iudustry is o'er ; * The blameless hope, the cheering sweet...paternal hand ' The profits with the labours of the land 1 * No ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, ' Where's the small farm to suit my scanty means'!... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1806 - 212 Seiten
...that leaves a pow'rful few "* The paths of emulation to pursue ;.„. v. 353. Subject continued. ' For emulation stoops to us no more : * The hope of...humble industry is o'er; ' The blameless hope, the entering sweet presage ' Of future comforts for declining age. ' Can my sons share from this paternal... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 Seiten
...me; „Foe to vur rights ; that leaves a powerful few „ The paths of emulation to pursue : . . . „For emulation stoops to us no more: „ The hope...„Can my sons share from this paternal hand „ The proßts with the labours of the land ? ,,£?o ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, „ Jf... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 Seiten
...wealth's a foe to me; Foe to our rights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths of emulation to pursue:— For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...share from this paternal hand The profits with the lahours of the land ? No ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 Seiten
...pursue : — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humhle industry is o'er : The hlameless And would not bear addition to his cares : With pity...said he, ' Will you embrace contempt and beggary 1 lahours of the land ? No ; though indulgent Heaven its hlessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 Seiten
...a foe to me ; Foe to our tights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths uf emulation to pursue: — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...industry is o'er: The blameless hope, the cheering sweet preiage Of future comforts for declining age. Can my sons share from this paternal hand The pvolits... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 Seiten
...a foe to me ; Foe to our rights ; that leaves a pow'rful few The paths of emulation to pursue : — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...hand The profits with the labours of the land ? No ; tho' indulgent Heaveu its hlessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit my scanty means ? Content,... | |
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The widening distance which I daily see, Has Wealth done this?— then Wealth's a foe to me: Foe to our rights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths of emulation to pursue : — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble industry is o'er;... 
