 | 1837 - 728 lapas
...which cannot be reasonably granted, and of the existence of which we have no experience: III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Nor is the second proposition to be granted : A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 lapas
...7. Let us manage our time as well as we «in, there will yet some of it remain unemployed, III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay! Princes, and lords. may,/loiirwAf or may fade; A breath can make, them, as a breath has made: But a... | |
 | Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 510 lapas
...or rapt in enthusiasm, as the magical power of Lady Augusta swept over his imagination. CHAPTER XIV. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a... | |
 | 1859 - 830 lapas
...Eevolution had not taken place. But the amount of our riches is no index to our true welfare. " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates and men decay." And has not the manhood of our countrymen fearfully decayed ? So it appears. Are the noble sentiments... | |
 | 1863 - 568 lapas
...his own had ever learnt to see. WB Dietaries 0f a ATI.— CONCERNING THE VEGETABLE WORLD. " 111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay." The Deserted Village. Every visitor to London is well acquainted with the spot which I have chosen for... | |
 | William Torrens McCullagh Torrens - 1863 - 542 lapas
...Contractors, who supplied to foreign States the gold from the coffers of the Bank of England ? ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, "When wealth accumulates and men decay.' " What was now the boast of this happy country ? Where was the furniture that adorned the poor man's... | |
 | William Torrens McCullagh Torrens - 1863 - 534 lapas
...Contractors, who supplied to foreign States the gold from the coffers of the Bank of England ? ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates and men decay.' " What was now the boast of this happy country ? Where was the furniture that adorned the poor man's... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1044 lapas
...poverty places men, they should remember the warning wi"ch has been written by one of the best of Poets. "Ill fares the land to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates- and men decay ; Princes may fall, may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath hath made j ¿Jut... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1082 lapas
...men, they should remember the warning which has been written by one of the best of poets. " HI fares the land to hastening Ills a prey, When wealth accumulates' and men decay ; Princes may fall, may nourish or may fade, A breath can make them as a breath hath made ; Bat a bold... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1868 - 334 lapas
...contractors, who supplied to foreign states the gold from the coffers of the Bank of England ? ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When wealth accumulates and men decay.' What was now the boast of this happy country ? Where was the furniture that adorned the poor man's... | |
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... 111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey When wealth accumulates and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A breath can make them and a breath has made, But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never... 
