...where a few torn shrubs the place 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 wished to change his place : Unpractic'd...

...Canto 9, 17. " The disease in king Asa's feet was exceeding great." 2 Chron. xvi. 12. " A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich, with forty pounds a year." " I saw an infant, marble cold." Mrs. Sigourney. " Muffled silence, wood-nymph shy." Grainger. ' Not...

...Somersetshire, furnished him a title for orders. He remained there as curate about twelve months. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.f In that church he preached his first sermon on June 20th, 1773, from 1 Cor. ii. 1, 2, which...

...words, idioms, and phrases, are often used which would be inadmissible in prose ; as, A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. By fountain clear, or spangled star-light sheen. Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, When and...

...meaning of every or each ; as, 'They cost five shillings a dozen;' that is, 'every dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — GOLDSMITH. that is, ' every year.' There is a particular use of the indefinite article which deserves...

...devout apostles ! And what is his reward ? On earth he wins for himself the love and veneration of all good men ; in heaven, — Oh ! " Eye hath not seen,...his door. Little as he may have had to bestow on the wants of others, that little has ever been bestowed with a ready hand and a cheerful heart. Even though...

...long, the crowd retire distreet, To think a poor man's bones should lie unblest." 77 [" A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." GOLDSMITH.] и [Original Edition :— Sure in his shot, his game he seldom mist. And seldom fail'd...

...where a few torn shrubs the place 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 wished to change his place...

...where a few torn shrubs the place 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 wished to change, his place :...

...repeated, with yet greater earnestness, his former tribute to his brother's hospitality. A man he was to all the country dear ; And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Rtmole from towns he ran his godly race, >Vor e'er had clianyed, nor wisJied to change, his place ;...