 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
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - 468 pages
...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,...tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND PART OF THE HONEST WHORE. BY THOMAS DECKER. ttellafront, a reclaimed Harlot, recounts... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...has finely drawn in a passage descriptive of the perfect character of the Divine word. " The first of men that e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer,...tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever lived" The gentleman and the Christian knight are here one, as they always should be, united in the... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - Aesthetics - 1857 - 374 pages
...all ignoble use."1 It is thus used by " old honest Deckar," when he 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 follower of Jesus certainly ought to be " Complete in feature and in mind, With all good grace to grace... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...'tis the soul of peace; Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest him in 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. DECKER. PAST DAYS. Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...'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...tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. FEMALE HONOUR AND SHAME CONTRASTED. Nothing did make me, when I loved them best To loathe... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 402 pages
...wore be applied unduly or irreverently. " The bes of men," writes Dckker — . The best of men Th»t e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer— A soft,...spirit: The first true GENTLEMAN that ever breathed. Let us all, of every rank, then, take Him for our model, and in no respeut shall we sc go wrong. For... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1858 - 678 pages
...Ready, price 3s. «с/., extra cloth, gilt, SKETCHES FKOM THE IIEAKT AND SONGS FROM THE COUNTRY. By LJ The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A suft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. THOMAS DEKKER.... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...to be taken, and yet the writer of some lines that live and will live. Who docs not know these ? " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." Other survivors of the Elizabethan cluster of dramatists were Anthony Munday (died 1633), long superannuated;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...was he that wrote that character, the piety of which has been pronounced equal to its boldness : — The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was...sufferer ; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spkit; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. His universal sympathy enabled him to strike out... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...to be taken, and yet the writer of some lines that live and will live. Who does not know these ? " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a snflerer, — A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."... | |
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