...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 changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the...

...investments. His simple life much resembled that of Oliver Goldsmith's pastor in "The Deserted Village": "Remote from towns, he ran his godly race, / Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place."2 White's fame came after his death at the age of seventythree, and it...

...is always the ' garden flower that grows wild.' 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 o'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place . . . The benevolent mind cannot but yield its hearty...

...spoke the vacant mind. 4153 The Deserted Village A man he was to all the country dear, And passing King of heaven' Father-like, he tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame he knows ... Praise h wished to change his place. 4 1 54 The Deserted Village He chid their wand'rings, but relieved their...

...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 changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the...

...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 changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the...