 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 346 pages
...loved him, one and all, so well. " 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." The " soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit," how often has Dickens painted ! — the Christian... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 698 pages
...live. Who does not know these ? " The best of men Tbat e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, — A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." Other survivors of the Elizabethan cluster of dramatists were Anthony Munday (died 1633), long superannuated;... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...beats all conquerors. Old Fortunatus. 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.1 The Honest Whore. Part \. Act i. St. 12. We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1875 - 633 pages
...was it — to describe as — * 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.' 'What can Grimchin know of the soul of a ' true gentleman ?' I answer, ' Nothing/ and thence,... | |
 | 1880 - 846 pages
...road To bring us daily nearer God. " 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." To call Jesus a gentleman may sound shocking to some. If so, it only shows what a false idea they have... | |
 | Ella Fuller Maitland - 1907 - 276 pages
...God has created was in his humble, loving heart — meet follower of One of whom it was written— A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. IX A FAINT impression of spring steals through the air to-day—that subtle sense of the renewal of... | |
 | 1908 - 670 pages
...heaven; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wove earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; The first true gentleman that ever breathed. Simultaneously with the appearance of this "Story of Blessed Thomas More,"* the publishers of Everyman's... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...it makes men look like god». The best of men that ever wure earth about him was a sufferer, — a ill bo but a passage out of a prison into a palace ; out of a sea of troubles, into a have — Decker. A patient, bumble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish, and overlooked... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...makes men look like gods. The best of men that ever «иге earth about him was a sufferer, — a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; the first true gentleman that ever breathed. — Decker. A patient, bumble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish, and overlooked... | |
 | Charles Augustus Briggs - 1909 - 484 pages
...heaven. It makes men look like gods. The best of men Who e'er wore earth about Him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever lived." 1 An angelic choir sang on the birthday of our Lord: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth... | |
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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. 
