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Appendicia Et Pertinentiae; Or, Parochial Fragments Relating to the Parish ... - Page 88
by John Wood Warter - 1853
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Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, Volume 2

1841 - 764 pages
...now ? This Cardinal, undoubtedly, Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer ; And though he were unsatisfied in...
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII

William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 pages
...your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal. Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honor. From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and...
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The Religious Cabinet, Volume 1

1842 - 820 pages
...manners, or the possession of the highest intellectual endowments with the most modest deportment. " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading ; And to those that sought him sweet as summer." Full of years and good works, the venerable Archbishop...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 634 pages
...your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle8. He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading :...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 628 pages
...your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle5. He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading :...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 350 pages
...your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honor. From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and...
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The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber ...

Victor Aimé Huber - 1843 - 702 pages
...(Henry VIII. Act v. Scene 2,) independently of its poetic worth, is pregnant with historical truth : — "This Cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly...one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Ixifty and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; lint , to those men that sought him, sweet as summer....
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humhle stock, undouhtedly Was fashioned to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar,...spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men thatsoughthim sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 58

1863 - 518 pages
...told with matchless truth and beauty in the words supplied by Shakspeare to his faithful followers : " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding...spoken and persuading ; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he was unsatisfied in...
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The universal class-book: a ser. of reading lessons

Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...28. 1530. He founded Christ Church College at Oxford, and another at Ipswich. "This cardinal, Tho' from an humble stock, undoubtedly, Was fashion'd to...much honour from his cradle; He was a scholar, and a right and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them thai loved...
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