 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 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,...SECOND PART OF THE HONEST WHORE. BY THOMAS DECKER. Bella/rant, a reclaimed Harlot, recounts some of the miseritu of her profession. Like an ill husband,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...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...tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed. The stock of patience, then, caunot be poor ; All it desires it has ; what monarch more ?... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 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,...first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND PABT OF THE HONEST WHORE. BY THOMAS DECKERJ Bellafront, a reclaimed Harlot, recounts some of the miseries... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 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, A soff, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND... | |
 | England - 1924 - 1072 pages
...nearest kin to heaven, It makea men look like gods. The beat of men That e'er wore earth about him was e sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed.' " Thus Bullen, with a well-balanced judgment, defines the qualities and the limitations... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...is none which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper impression when it is afflicted. " The best of men, that e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer." In viewing images of greatness and of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened — they... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...is none which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper impression when it is afflicted. " The best of men, that e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer." In viewing images of greatness and of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened—they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...(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...tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." This was old honest Deckar, and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every one who has... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...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...tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." This was old honest Deckar, and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every one who has... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...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...humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman thai ever breathed." This was old honest Deckar, and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every... | |
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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... 
