 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 ... - Seite 556herausgegeben von - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1866 - 332 Seiten
...is a copy of His life, of whom it could be fitly written in words that thrill as you read them — "The best of men that e'er wore earth about Him, was...spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." And the copy, however poor it be, even that of aweak, silly young girl, must be taken faithfully, unremittingly,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...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...tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath 'd. Dekker,Hor. TFi. Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude,... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 560 Seiten
...sweetest lines ever penned, perhaps, by mortal, referring to immortal goodness: ' The best of men Thai ere wore earth about him, was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The J,rst true gentleman thal ever breathed.''1 Toward the conclusion of his college course, Legare somewhat... | |
 | Sir Thomas Malory - 1868 - 528 Seiten
...words of touching tenderness and reverence, to point to a yet higher realisation of that ideal ; — ' The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed.' And it was the transference of these Christian ethics into the practice of common, daily, worldly life,... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue - 1914 - 556 Seiten
...the example of Christ in His sufferings. DUKE : What comfort do you find in being so calm ? CANDIDO : The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. Nearly opposite the gate of the hospital — from 1536, at any rate — stood an old inn called the... | |
 | Alastair St. Clair Mackenzie - 1914 - 514 Seiten
...why, 'tis the soul of peace, Of all the virtues 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. SUPPLEMENTARY READING Besides general works mentioned in previous chapters, the following... | |
 | Clark Sutherland Northup, William Coolidge Lane, John Christopher Schwab - 1915 - 524 Seiten
...every true scholar: "The pure in heart shall see God." "The beauty of the Lord our God be upon us." 1 "The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." — Thomai Dekker. INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON BULLOCK Delivered... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1915 - 556 Seiten
...silence reminds us that the largest spirits 1 Henslowe'a Diary, ed. Greg, 1, fol. 96. 1 Eg, the lines, The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...spirit. The first true gentleman that ever breathed, at tbe close of Part I of ';•/.•.• Honest Whore; and the phrase, "Heaven's great arithmet ician."... | |
 | Christian Gauss - 1917 - 408 Seiten
...abolitionist See Note 2 to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 26. Dekker's beautiful lines deserve quotation. '' The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed." See Tlwmas DeKker, edited by Ernest Rhys. The Mermaiu Series, London, 1887, page 190. 27. Perhaps more... | |
 | Christian Frederick Gauss - 1917 - 336 Seiten
...abolitionist. See Note 2 to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 26. Dekker's beautiful lines deserve quotation. "The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed." See Thomas Dekker, edited by Ernest Rhys. The Mermaid Series, London, 1887, page 190. 27. Perhaps more... | |
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