 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
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Počet stránok 602
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven : It makes men look liko 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. FEMALE... | |
 | George Burrowes - 1853 - Počet stránok 542
...conduct which may be indecorous, or, in common estimation, unbecoming a follower of Christ. •'' .•. "The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A mild, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed."* Grace... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - Počet stránok 772
...'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 breathed. Thomas... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - Počet stránok 1232
...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 »oft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." This... | |
 | Random readings - 1854 - Počet stránok 204
...'tis the soul of peace, Of all the virtues 'tis nearest 'kill 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 breathed. Thomas... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1855 - Počet stránok 452
...square inches in the seamless garment ? We prefer, instead, the bold statement of Decker, that — " 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." It is... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - Počet stránok 610
...soul of peaee : Of all the virtues Ч is the 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. Deeker.... | |
 | Daniel Dana Buck - 1856 - Počet stránok 328
...the soul of peace; Of all the virtues 't is the 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, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed." Decker. " E'en... | |
 | Henry Pitman - Počet stránok 1316
...is 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 over breathed." Calvin... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - Počet stránok 358
...(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... | |
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