 tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.  Notes and Queries - Seite 2401877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 Seiten
...has finely drawn in a passage descriptive of the perfect character of the Divine word. " The first of men that e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer,...tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever lived" The gentleman and the Christian knight are here one, as they always should be, united in the... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...all ignoble use."1 It is thus used by " old honest Deckar," when he says, " The best of men That ere wore earth about him was a sufferer ; A soft, meek,...spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." The follower of Jesus certainly ought to be " Complete in feature and in mind, With all good grace... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 Seiten
...'tis the soul of peace; Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest him in heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. DECKER. PAST DAYS. Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 Seiten
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven : It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. FEMALE HONOUR AND SHAME CONTRASTED. Nothing did make me, when I loved them best To loathe... | |
 | 1858 - 402 Seiten
...wore be applied unduly or irreverently. " The bes of men," writes Dckker — . The best of men Th»t e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer— A soft,...spirit: The first true GENTLEMAN that ever breathed. Let us all, of every rank, then, take Him for our model, and in no respeut shall we sc go wrong. For... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 678 Seiten
...Ready, price 3s. «с/., extra cloth, gilt, SKETCHES FKOM THE IIEAKT AND SONGS FROM THE COUNTRY. By LJ The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A suft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. THOMAS DEKKER.... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 Seiten
...to be taken, and yet the writer of some lines that live and will live. Who docs not know these ? " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." Other survivors of the Elizabethan cluster of dramatists were Anthony Munday (died 1633), long superannuated;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 Seiten
...was he that wrote that character, the piety of which has been pronounced equal to its boldness : — The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...sufferer ; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spkit; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. His universal sympathy enabled him to strike out... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 Seiten
...to be taken, and yet the writer of some lines that live and will live. Who does not know these ? " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a snflerer, — A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 258 Seiten
...why, 'tis the soul of peac Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven : It makes men look gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit — The first true gentleman that ever breathed. The stock of patience, then, cannot be poor; All it desires it has : what award more ? It is the greatest... | |
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