 | Thomas Middleton, Alexander Dyce - 1840 - 688 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 a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. The stock... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1840 - 660 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 a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. The stock... | |
 | 1842 - 650 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 a Sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit." The version of the story is essentially that of Chaucer,... | |
 | 1843 - 588 pages
...inspiration of a Raffaele and Correggio, the watchword of every true philanthropist and lover of virtue. " 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 breathed." DECKER.... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1843 - 926 pages
...radiant was that meek aspect, from which all passion, and all trace of passion, had for ever disappeared. 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. I must... | |
 | 1907 - 848 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 sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed.' This... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1844 - 330 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 Sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...'tis the soul of peace : "1 all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven : H makes men look like gods. oss car can hear, Till oft converse with heavenly ha sutlerer, ^ «ft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first trne gentleman that ever breath'd.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...'tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 't is 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 stock... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...is the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 't is 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 sofi, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. The stock... | |
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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 breath'd. 
