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.. - 310 ページ 編集 - 1820全文表示 - この書籍について
| Charles Lamb - 1808 - 512 ページ
...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 - 620 ページ
...'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 - 508 ページ
...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 - 562 ページ
...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 - 394 ページ
...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 - 372 ページ
...( 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 - 374 ページ
...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 - 436 ページ
...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 - 558 ページ
...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 - 442 ページ
...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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