 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.  The Retrospective Review - Pagina 3121820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagina’s
...mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There 'sa lean fellow beats all conquerors. Old Fortunatus. 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 breathed.1 The... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 348 pagina’s
...circumstance, — by the throne, or facing thousands of his countrymen, who loved him, one and all, so well. " 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 breathed.'' The... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 pagina’s
...the word ' of Him whom grand old Dekkar thought it noimpiety — nor was it — to describe as — * 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.' 'What... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 408 pagina’s
...who benevolently inflicted upon the sufferers the disease from which they suffered.'' — JBrevia. " 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 breathed." 1... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pagina’s
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven : It makes men look like gods. A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed. The contrast... | |
 | 1923 - 826 pagina’s
...Shakespearians when the pamphleteer and dramatist Dekker closes one of his plays with the reflection that the best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, hnmble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. Single... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pagina’s
...the soul of peace : Of all the virtues 'tis the nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods : e ; and A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. Decker.... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pagina’s
...GENTILMAN. CHACCER, The Wife of Bath's Tale. — He is GENTIL that doth gentil deeds. — Ibid. — 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 breathed. T. DEKKER,... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 pagina’s
...yon pale starwort nodding to the wind." 141. Of whom old Deckar quaintly and touchingly writes — " 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 breathed." 142.... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - 1877 - 292 pagina’s
...acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. j. Fletcher. May 31st, 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 breathed. Thomas... | |
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