 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.  Miscellanies... - Page 188by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...wretch to raise And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Elbridge Gerry Paige - American wit and humor - 1857 - 362 pages
...mote it be ! OH SINCERITY AKD UNAFFECTED SIMPLICITY. TEXT. — At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray ; The service past, around the pious man With steady zeal each honest rustic... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...wretch to raise And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 4. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who camo to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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...steady 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 ; His ready smile... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last filtering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, "His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic... | |
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