 | James Rush - Music - 1833 - 432 pages
...come. To those whose elocution consists in such riddles, I propose the following from Goldsmith. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing "rich with forty pounds a year. Now let them guess, or dispute, for the rest of their lives, whether the emphasis I pass by the faults... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1834 - 240 pages
...to make the most of them. 2. The indefinite article sometimes has the meaningiif evert/ or each; as, "They cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is, ' every dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, r *' And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" that is, ' every year.' 3. When several... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 pages
...Impatient attendance in these abodes of misery, is admirably described."- — JEFFREY.] (2) [" A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year." — GOLDSMITH.] • A sportsman keen, he shoots through half the day, (') And, skill'd at whist, devotes the night... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 pages
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place : Unskilful... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - English language - 1835 - 240 pages
...difficult to be replaced.' The indefinite article has, sometimes, the meaning of every or each: as, ' They cost five shillings a dozen;' that is, ' every...passing rich with forty pounds a year.' — Goldsmith OF RULE XIII. — The adjective pronouns this, that, these, and those, with the numeral adjectives,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1835 - 238 pages
...2. The indefinite article sometimes has the meani ig of every or each; as, K They cost five shillmgs a dozen ;" that is, ' every dozen.' " A man he was to all the country dear, " And passmg rich with forty pounds a year !" that ig, ' every year.' 3. When several adjectives are connected,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1836 - 238 pages
...most of them. 2. The indefinite article sonietimes has the meaning>of every or each; as, ** They'cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is, ' every dozen.'...dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a year !" that is, ' erery year.' 3. When several adjectives are connected, and express the various qualities... | |
 | Music - 1836 - 206 pages
...presented in bold relief, "they" would require emphasis. In the following couplet from "Goldsmith," "A man he was to all the country dear, And " passing" rich with forty pounds a year," if "passing" is taken in a superlative sense, it would require a distinctive emphasis; if the clergyman... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1837 - 234 pages
...make the most of them. 3. The indefinite article sometimes has the meaning>of every or each ; as, " They cost five shillings a dozen ;" that is, ' every...country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds o year !" that is, ' every year*' 3. When several adjectives arc connected, and express the various... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 pages
...There, 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 wish'd to change his place ; Unskilful... | |
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Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, 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... 
