 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; No costly lord, the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable...  A key to Hiley's Practical English composition - Page 141by Richard Hiley - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fbed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each vvilli contracting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort rcpofe, Breathes the... | |
 | 1781 - 512 pages
...contiguous palace rear it's head, To fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort repofe, Breathes the... | |
 | 1785 - 320 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, , Each wifh contra&ing, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn he wakes from fhort repofe, Breaths the keen... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 pages
...shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance...toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil. Chearful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient... | |
 | Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...contiguous palace rear its head To fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil, Cheerful at morn he wakes from mort repofe, Breafts the keen... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...fhame the meannefs of his humble fhed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifh contrafting, fits him to the foil. Chearful at morn, he wakes from fhort repofe, Breathes the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 308 pages
...rear it's head, To made the meannefs of his humble flied } 4 . • ' 4 No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wiih contrafting, fits him to the foil. Cheerful at mom he wakes from mort repofej Breafts the keen... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...fliame the raeannefs of his humble filed ; No coftly lord the fumptuous banquet deal To make him loath his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wifli contracting, fits him to the foil ; Cheerful at morn he wakes from fliort repofe. Breathes the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loath his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance...repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his vent'rous ploughshare to the steep; Or seeks... | |
 | 1800 - 830 pages
...contiguous palace rear it's head, To ihame the mcanncfs of his humble fhed ; No codly lord the fiimptuous banquet deal. To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wiih contracting fits him to the foil. Cheerful a: morn he wakes from ihort repofe, Breathes the keen... | |
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