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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. "
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - 1808 - 512 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...
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The Ancient British Drama ...

Walter Scott - 1810 - 620 pages
...'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven; It makes men look like 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. The...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1813 - 508 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 soff, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 1

1820 - 562 pages
...spirit within him, which time and death can never destroy Virtue is no dependant on earthly expediences for its excellence. It has a beauty to be loved, as...their range Along the line of limitless desires." contemporaries — nor did they aim at deciding even abstract questions of taste on their own personal...
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, Volume 1

1820 - 394 pages
...is murder, is represented as cherishing the purest and the deepest love for an innocent being—when chivalrous delicacy of sentiment is conferred on a...of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened—they feel intensely the immortality of their now suffering nature, and the stability of...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at ...

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 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...
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Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...Elizabeth (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...
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The Drama: Or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine, Volume 1

1821 - 436 pages
...soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis the nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. — The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a suff'rer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 1

1820 - 558 pages
...catastrophe which can remove the mischief; and, while these are preserved in our feelings, there is oone which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper...their range Along the line of limitless desires." contemporaries — nor did they aim at deciding even abstract questions of taste on their own personal...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 3

Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - 442 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...
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