 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
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - England - 1859 - 618 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 plnck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 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... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 pages
...wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd 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... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. BANTER. 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. GOLDSMITH. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 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... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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 5 His ready smile... | |
 | William Baird - Romanies - 1862 - 92 pages
...the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious...; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile." — Goldsmith. MR. BAIRD was a man of unobtrusive... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1862 - 308 pages
...reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. At Church, with meek and unaffefted grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to fcoff, remained to pray. His ready fmile a parent's warmth exprefled, Their welfare pleafed him, and... | |
 | James Whiteside - Authors, English - 1862 - 100 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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