...has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. P maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...

...supply'd. time there was, ere England's griefs began, en every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; A Whem For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance...

...remind Gentlemen of what the poet had said upon the subject of the poor man's occupation of land— " A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man. 1 ' In his opinion, if every man was put upon his rood of land, no person would be miserable. The Solicitor...

...pernicious practice for the community, as 1 can show. fJÍ-.í 'j, . .., -) ..-•.--. 1 toit 0' , 'A time there was ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.* ••••'.* In the year 1799, land was let in Ireland for planting this esculent at ¿6.4 per acre,...

...the following: 1. Substituting the CA.VSE for the EFFECT. Thus, the land is taken for its produce: " A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man." 2. Substituting the EFFwrforthe CAUSE. Thus, Junius asks: " Can grey hairs make...

...? Meat, clothes, and fire.' Pope. manners and customs of their early years — the good old times ' Ere England's griefs began, ' When every rood of ground maintained its man ;' — When 'Squire and Pastor from their pockets drew The book, the tract, — but gave the shilling...

...has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When...labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance...

...never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches, ignorance...

...ills a prey, When wealth accumulates, and men decay. Nor is the second proposition to be granted : A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man. For, the further we should go back in the pages of English history, the thinner...

...breath has made; Bu^a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required,...