 | Great Britain - 1811 - 840 pages
...than was passed from the origin of Parliaments in England to the Reign of George the Third ; but, " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey " The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay," It is yours to judge by other signs than these ; it is yours to judge by those effects which regard... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1811 - 844 pages
...than u as passed from the origin of Parliaments in England to the Reign of George the Third ; but, " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey " The rich man's joys increase, Uie poor's decay," It is yours to judge by other signs than these; it is yours to judge by those effects... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...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 encrease, the poor's decay, 'Tisyour's to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...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...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted , ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ;... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...pain ; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards,... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...pain ; And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arts decoy-. The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy ? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore. And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...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...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...into pain; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this he joy? Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shooting Folly hnils them from her shore ; Hoards,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...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...limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. 't Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore... | |
 | England - 1850 - 938 pages
...opens with these admirable lines, which every one, in a sense of his own, will readily adopt : — " Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich...man's joys increase, the poor's decay, Tis yours to jndge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." What follows will not easily... | |
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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. 
