 A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.  the english anthology - Page 166by T AGERTON - 1794Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chapg'd, nor wish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Pv7or e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place. Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...mansion rose. A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Bf'mote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1873 - 536 pages
...: — " ' A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; KemotQ from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place. Unskillful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wish'd to change his Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, [place; By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...disclose, The village-preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd,nor wish'd to change his place; Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place : Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd... | |
 | 1824 - 444 pages
...disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year: Remote from towns, he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place : . Unpractis'd he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrinei... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 396 pages
...whether you. have ever discovered a more enviable instance of happiness than the following : — " Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor vvish'd to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r, By doctrines fashion'd to the... | |
| |
