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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 87
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Letters

Alexander Pope - 1788 - 396 pages
...continued in my pillion for a rural life, and in the fame employments of it. .Happy the man, whofe wilh and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe...ground. Whofe herds with' milk, whofe fields with bread, Whofe flocks fupply him with attire, Whofe trees in fummer yield him (hade, In winter, fire. Bleft,...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...pttiorraed at Budciaf hm»houfe. H § e.. Od( on Solitudt *. Pore. APPY the man, \vhofc wilh and careA few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his...ground. Whofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread. Whole flocks fupply him with attire ; Whofe trees in fummcr yield hfm iliade, In winter fire. Bleft,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...plcafurc ; Sacred Hymen ! theie are thine. § 4. Odi on Solitude*. POPE. T_J APPY the man, whole wifti and care •'*• A few paternal acres bound ; Content...native air, In his own ground. Whofe herds with milk, whofc fi:lds with bread, Whofc flocks fupplv him with attire, \Vhoic tices in lummer yield him lhade,...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...very far fuperior they In number, and in name ! QBE ON SOLITUDE. [ POPE ] HAPPY the man, whofe w ifti and care A few paternal acres bound ; Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whofe herds wtthmiHc, whofe fields with bread, Whofe ftock* fuppty him with attire; Whofe trees in fummer yield...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

680 pages
...pheasant-shooting s at its prime for those who can devote themselves to rural sports. " Happy the man, whose wiih and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air On hi» own ground." So wrote Pope at the age of twelve years. Thomson, too, talks of the happiness...
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Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the ...

Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1794 - 446 pages
...fubject of Solitude, which comprehends the very eflence of this philofophy. ODE ON. SOLITUDE. HAPPY the man whofe wifh and care A few paternal acres bound,...ground. Whofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread, Whofe flocks fupply him with attire, • Whofe trees in fummer yield him made, > In winter, fire. Bleft,...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison ...

1794 - 918 pages
...ODE ON SOLITUDE. Writta» vibe* tbt Aullar «u» ahnt Tuw/w Ytan *U. man, whofe with and care A tew paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native...ground. Whofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread, Whofe flocks fupply him with attire ; Whofe trees in fummer yield him bade, In winter fire. Bled, who...
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Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart

Johann Georg Zimmermann - Loneliness - 1795 - 468 pages
...fubject of Solitude, which comprehends the very effencc of this philofophy. ODE ON SOLITUDE; HAPPY the man whofe wifh and care A few paternal acres bound,...• Whofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread, Whofe flocks fupply him with attire, Whofe trees in fummer yield him fliade, In winter, fire. Y , Bleft,...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 3

Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1795 - 616 pages
...indifference, ought not to be furprized if they behold his without compaffion. ODE ON SOLITUDE. HAPPY the man, whofe wifh and care A few paternal acres...to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whofe \Vhofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread, Whofe flocks fupply him with attire ; Whofe trees...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...чвЬся ttt Author mat abaut T-wd-oi Yean M. HAÍPT the man, whofe wifli and care A few paternal acre* bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own...ground. Whofe herds with milk, whofe fields with bread, Whole flock* fupply him with attire ; Whofe trees in fummer yic'd him lhade, In winter fire. Bltfk,...
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