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" Honour, that praise which real merit gains, Or e'en imaginary worth obtains, Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise... "
Sketches of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: With One Hundred Engravings - Page 31
by Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 3-4

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are those arts that mind to mind endear, For honor forms the social temper here. Honor, that praise which real merit gains, Or even imaginary worth...
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath tlie burden of threescore. ; So blest a life these thoughtless realms display; Thus idly busy rolls their world away : ....round the land: From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise; They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burdeii of three-score. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs...round the land ; « From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem,...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...gestick lore, Has frisk'd, beneath the burden of threescore. So bless'da life these thoughtless realms display; Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs...current; paid from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffick round the land : From courts, to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs...round the land : From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem,...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are those arts that mind to mind endear, For honor forma the social temper here. Honor, that praise which real merit gains, Or e'en imaginary worth...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away; Theirs...round the land : From courts, to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise; They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem,...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world awayi Theirs arc those arts that mind to mind endear, For honour forms...merit gains, Or e'en imaginary worth obtains, Here pusses current ; paid from hand to hand It shifts in splendid traffic round the land From courts to...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore. So blest a life these thoughtless realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away ; Theirs are those arts that mind to mind endear, For honor forms the social temper here. Honor, that praise which real merit gains, Or even imaginary worth...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...realms display, Thus idly busy rolls their world away: Theirs Theirs are those arts that mind to rnind endear. For honour forms the social temper here. Honour,...round the land; From courts to camps, to cottages it strays. And all are taught an avarice of praise; They please, ave pleas'd, they give to get esteem,...
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