 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.. - Strana 310úprava: - 1820Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Charles Lamb - 1808 - Počet stránok 512
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - Počet stránok 620
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven; It makes men look like god». 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1813 - Počet stránok 508
...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 soff, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 562
...spirit within him, which time and death can never destroy Virtue is no dependant on earthly expediences for its excellence. It has a beauty to be loved, as...their range Along the line of limitless desires." contemporaries — nor did they aim at deciding even abstract questions of taste on their own personal... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 394
...is murder, is represented as cherishing the purest and the deepest love for an innocent being—when chivalrous delicacy of sentiment is conferred on a...of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened—they feel intensely the immortality of their now suffering nature, and the stability of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - Počet stránok 372
...( whatever might be their belief) one of whom says of him, with a boldness equal .to its piety : " 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." This... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - Počet stránok 374
...Elizabeth (whatever might be their belief) one of whom says of him,> with a boldness equal to its piety : " 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." This... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 436
...soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis the nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. — The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a suff'rer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 558
...catastrophe which can remove the mischief; and, while these are preserved in our feelings, there is oone which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper...their range Along the line of limitless desires." contemporaries — nor did they aim at deciding even abstract questions of taste on their own personal... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - Počet stránok 442
...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... | |
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