 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 Ancient British Drama ... - Page 556edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Proverbs - 1861 - 258 pages
...why, 'tis the soul of peac Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven : It makes men look gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...breathed. The stock of patience, then, cannot be poor; All it desires it has : what award more ? It is the greatest enemy to strife That can be, for it doth... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heav'n ; It makes men look like Gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. DECKEB. 11. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. MEEBY sings the lark as it soareth wide and high, Merry... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...the 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...sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit. DEKKEE. Wisdom, the antidote of sad despair, Makes sharp afflictions seem not as they are, Through... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1861 - 420 pages
...the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues, ]t is nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth, about him was...sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, Tliejirst true gentleman, that ever breathed." In the same spirit is his dialogue between the Christian... | |
 | Great Britain - 1861 - 876 pages
...'tis the soul of peace: Of all the virtues 'tie nearest kin to Leaven; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a Softerer — A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."... | |
 | Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) - 1862 - 252 pages
...chiefly contributed by Residents of Eradford & the Neighbourhood. JULY IST, 1861. WHO ARE THE NOBLE? " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit : The first true gentleman that ever breathed." — DEEEER. Preach self-respect to me, a country clown ! Whoheeds respect when poor and lowly born... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...'•лпЪу a laudable attachment to Christian bsth. Biihop Mant. , CHBI8T. CHRIST - GenilencHs of. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed. .Dieter. CHRIST- and Godhead. The moon, a softer but not less beautiful object than the sun, returns... | |
 | American periodicals - 1862 - 770 pages
...'tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues, the nearest kin to heaven. It makes men act like gods. The Best of Men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit, The first true Gentleman that ever breathed. 161 REWARDING THE ARMY. IT ia a brave thing that we can truly say, after more than a year of fierce... | |
 | James Waddington - 1862 - 208 pages
...praise, have been for Love and THEE ! WHO AEE THE NOBLE? The best of men That e'er wore earth about htm was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit: The first true gentleman that ever breathed.—DEKKER. I. T)REACH self-respect to me, a country clown! Who heeds respect when poor and... | |
 | George Henry Calvert - Conduct of life - 1863 - 174 pages
...charity, and infinite consolation ; of whom " old honest Deckar " says, — " The best of men That ere wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek,...The first true gentleman that ever breathed." THE END. w O B89094563319A 610^5^3311 b89094563319a ... | |
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