 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pagine
...Extended empire, like expanded gold, Exchanges solid strength for feeble splendour."—Irene.] (2) [ " 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."—Desertetl... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pagine
...into pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest 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 yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 554 pagine
...to Goldsmith's theory which is so beautifully and pathetically expressed in the Deserted Village — "Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis your's to judge, how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land,"... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pagine
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest 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 yours to judge, how wide the limits stand J- Between a splendid and a happy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pagine
...pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest 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 yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1839 - 228 pagine
...felicity were two inseparable matters." — Marquise de Chasteleiix on Public Happiness, vol. ip 41. " 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."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pagine
...pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest 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 yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pagine
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest 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 yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.... | |
 | lady Anne Hamilton - 1840 - 206 pagine
...means are required, or how can suitable 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, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid, and a happy... | |
 | Catherine Read Williams - 1841 - 358 pagine
...light. Amusements of the Acadians. THE NEUTRAL 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 yours to judge how wide the limits stand, Between a splendid and a happy land."... | |
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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. 
