 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 Seiten
...practise abstinence 3, but not temperance. 1 Published by Keareley, with this well-cho»en motto : -From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven. ' SUAKBFKABE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 Seiten
...any throes of tumultuous misery. JOHNSON. I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to" much honour....scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that... | |
 | George Oliver - 1838 - 286 Seiten
...following. His precious remains were deposited in the Sodality Chapel, on the Epistle side of the Altar. "From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, And to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven." CCCCLXXVI.... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1840 - 354 Seiten
...were malicious else. Griffith. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fasbion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...1530. He founded Christ Church College at Oxford, and another at Ipswich. "This cardinal, Tho' from an humble stock, undoubtedly, Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle; He was a scholar, and a right and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them thai loved... | |
 | John Galt - 1846 - 478 Seiten
...BOGUE, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXLVI. - This cardinal, Though from a humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashioned to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading. Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not, But, to those men that sought... | |
 | 1846 - 844 Seiten
...the latter was the great Cardinal Wolsey, a man well fitted for one part of his task at least ; for " from his cradle he was a scholar, and a ripe and good one," and one whose name ought to entail eternal respect on the class whom he did not disdain to spend his... | |
 | Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 Seiten
...well recorded on the page of English history? This man was the Cardinal Wolsey : — "From his eradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding wise, fair tjpokeri, and persuading: Lofty and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought... | |
 | 1848 - 748 Seiten
...of these was the great Cardinal Wolsey, a man well titted for one part of his task at least, for ' from his cradle he was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,' and one whose eminence, at least, must save from contempt the class whom he did not disdain to spend... | |
 | William Beattie - 1849 - 520 Seiten
...honours, had been enforced and cherished from his very infancy ; and the happy result was, that — " from his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one." Among the notes illustrative of this period, and kindly furnished to me by one of his earliest friends,... | |
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. 
