Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOES FOR giiPTER I¥. J^e tVjafe tillefch) Igis land shall have plerjty of bread. Proverbs. 2^ la-wyep, art fcl]ou ? draw not nigh !@o carry to gome fitter placeThe keenrjess of that practiced eye,The hardness of that sallo-w The bap does r)ot clairr] to be the comngurjiorj of §air)ts. Address by Chief Justice Ryan, 0/ (2ornpour)d for girjs they are inclined to,?©y damrjing thoge they have no nQind to. Hudib
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOES FOR giiPTER I¥. J^e tVjafe tillefch) Igis land shall have plerjty of bread. Proverbs. 2^ la-wyep, art fcl]ou ? draw not nigh !@o carry to gome fitter placeThe keenrjess of that practiced eye,The hardness of that sallo-w The bap does r)ot clairr] to be the comngurjiorj of §air)ts. Address by Chief Justice Ryan, 0/ (2ornpour)d for girjs they are inclined to,?©y damrjing thoge they have no nQind to. Hudibras. J^ail, thjerefore, patrorjegs of health ar)d eage,^r)d cor)templatior|, heart-congolirig joys,^r)d hjarmlegs pleasures,—in tl]e throrjged abode©f multitudes unkno-wn ;—l]ail rural life ! COV/PER: Task. 58. CHAPTEE lY. HE discussion begun, as nar-rated in the last chapter, wasresumed the next morning un-der the wild cherry trees thatornamented my little the odors of the blos-soms in my nostrils and themusic of the glad birds in myears, I began the debate byquoting Herricks couplet: The best compost for his lands,Is the wise masters feet and hands. And then, in reply to the ob-jection urged by one of thegentlemen in opposition, that Ihad not made it very profitablefarming thus far, I quotedGreeleys Recollections where the author observes: Pub-lishing newspapers by proxy would be still more ruinousthan farming in that way. Then I chanced to think ofPoor Eichards distich, and gave em that: He that by the plow would thriveHimself must either hold or drive. I think so, replied my father, drily. And then headded: That is precisely what youll never do. The Squires view of the case coincided with this last, ofcourse. But where is that poem upon this subject which 59 60 SQUARING AWAY AG
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