 God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...  The School of Wisdom - Strana 581803 - Počet stránok 224Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 392
...they would not have exchange*! for any othei station however exalted. They truly felt that " God made the country and man made the town. What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - Počet stránok 310
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassaeks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - Počet stránok 556
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town, What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Počet stránok 740
...TASK. 181 Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,*...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in... | |
 | 1849 - Počet stránok 442
...condition and solid independence of a country life, we are tempted to exclaim with Cowper — " God made the country, and man made the town — What wonder...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That lite holds out to all, should most abound, And least be threatened in... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1849 - Počet stránok 492
...clearly distinguished. When looking on such scenes, we may well exclaim — " God made the country, man made the town, What wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should meet entwined, And least be threatened... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - Počet stránok 516
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1850 - Počet stránok 688
...feeling, they will seemingly grow poor out of spite to him for not giving them enough to eat. God made the country, and man made the town; What wonder, then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound, And least be threaten'd in... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 496
...than all the gloss of art. WILLIAM COWPER. BOKN, 1731; DIED, 1800. TOWN AND COUNTRY LITE. GOD made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...that health and virtue — gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all — should most abound, And least be threatened,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Počet stránok 624
...rites Have dwindled into unrespccted forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made ( , ' , gift* That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
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