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" Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. "
The deserted village, with notes and a brief sketch of the life of Goldsmith ... - Page 3
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1865
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay ! 'Tis...the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from...
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The secret history of the court of England, from ... 1750 to the reign of ...

lady Anne Hamilton - 1840 - 206 pages
...assistance be rendered, either as preventive or remedy ? " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase — the poor's decay,...limits stand Between a splendid, and a happy land." GOLDSMITH. Another barbarous custom is, the injunction imposed upon royal succession, that they shall...
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volume 2

William Leggett - 1840 - 348 pages
...special privileges and immunities are numerous and stupendous ; but we may yet be sadly admonished how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land." But, fortunately, we are not driven to the alternative 12* of either foregoing for the future such...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 7

1840 - 582 pages
...special privileges and immunities are numerous and stupendous ; but we may yet be aadly admonished ' how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land.' But, fortunately, we are not driven to the alternative of either foregoing for the future such magnificent...
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett ..., Volume 2

William Leggett - 1840 - 344 pages
...special privileges and immunities ^are numerous and stupendous ; but we may yet b© sadly admonished " how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land." But, fortunately, we are not driven to the alternative of either foregoing for the future such magnificent...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis...the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from he shore ; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis...the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish, abound, And rich men flock...
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The Neutral French: Or, The Exiles of Nova Scotia

Catherine Read Williams - 1841 - 358 pages
...FRENCH, otf, THE EXILES OF NOVA SCOTIA. CHAPTER 1. " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, "Tis...limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land." IT was on the evening of the first of September, 1755, that a family, inhabiting an old fashioned,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...'t Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decav, 'Tie yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between...splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loada of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails thorn from her shore; Hoards e'en beyond the miser's...
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The Neutral French: Or, The Exiles of Nova Scotia, Volumes 1-2

Catherine Read Williams - 1841 - 360 pages
...NEUTRAL FRENCH, OR, THE EXILES OF NOVASCOTIA. CHAPTER I. " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide i.he limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land." IT was on the evening of the first of September,...
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