 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | William R. Wagstaff - Society of Friends - 1845 - 506 pages
...went to Lynn and many other places, holding large meetings. George Fox spoke with such power, that " Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray." In this year the oath of adjuration against King Charles was introduced, and George Fox wrote to the... | |
 | Will Jones - Clergy - 1845 - 720 pages
...thoughtless young men, and they retired from the conventicle to their rooms, to mourn over their sins, Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. On one occasion, when Mr. Hill was on his way to Duxford, to preach for the Missionary Society, he... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray : The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile:... | |
 | Thomas E. Gill - 1845 - 352 pages
...supply the place of all the rest, — that eloquence which goes directly to the heart. "Truth from her lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray." In a word she was the honoured instrument of doing much good, and the fruit of her labours are now... | |
 | Rural churches - 1846 - 264 pages
...LIBRARY AH A ..BARM BffiOLOGKALUBRkRY . A. OLD WHITE MEETINGHOUSE; REMINISCENCES COUNTRY CONGREGATION. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." GOLDSMITH. SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER, 58 CANAL STREET, AND PITTSBURG, 56 MARKET STREET.... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 310 pages
...venerable place; Truth from his lips prevad'd with double sway, And fools who came lo scolf remain'd to pray: The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; E en children follow'd with endearing wile, And plnck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile: His ready smile... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Country life - 1846 - 256 pages
...venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,. And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. His... | |
 | 1852 - 788 pages
...nor wish'd to change, his place. ***** At Church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed...pray. The service past, around the pious man, "With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran I Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
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At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. 
