 | 1845 - 596 pages
...reside in each disciple as to make that true of him which the old elegy says of Sir Philip Sidney : — A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks, Continual comfort, in a face The lineament of gospel-books ; For sure that countenance cannot lie, Whose thoughts are written in the... | |
 | Mrs. John Burnett Pratt - 1845 - 268 pages
...countenance not easily defined, and which challenged the description of " England's darling son :" — • " A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks ; Continual comforts in a face, The lineaments of gospel books. ' Such was Reginald Hopetoun ! full of high thoughts,... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 470 pages
...have thought of her beauty. The regularity of her features was lost in something more precious ; — " A sweet, attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks ; • Continual comfort in her face, The lineaments of Gospel books." Yes, it was the full assurance of perfect truth beneath... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 652 pages
...have thought of her beauty. The regularity of her features was lost in something more precious ; — " A sweet, attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks , Continual comfort in her face, The lineaments of Gospel books." Yes, it was the full assurance of perfect truth beneath... | |
 | James Smith - 1851 - 222 pages
...hear him speak and sweetlv smile You were in Paradise the while. " A sweet attractive kind of grace j A full assurance given by looks ; Continual comfort...of Gospel books — I trow that countenance cannot lye, Whose thoughts are legible in the eye." A highly interesting relic of the Elizabethan period is... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1851 - 396 pages
...him speak, and sweetly smile, ' You were in Paradise the while. A sweet attractive kind of grace ; Jl full assurance given by looks ; Continual comfort...face, The lineaments of Gospel books— I trow that count" nance cannot lye, Whose thoughts are legible in the eye. Above all others this is he, Which... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1852 - 393 pages
...disciple as to make that true of him which the old elegy says of one of England's finest worthies :— " A sweet attractive kind of grace, A full assurance given by looks, Continual comfort in a face The lineament of Gospel-books ; For sure that countenance cannot lie, Whose thoughts are written in the... | |
 | Anna Bartlett Warner - 1852 - 494 pages
...seeing that more words would be useless, my stepmother, as usual, spoke them not. CHAPTER VI. TEACUPS. " A sweet attractive kind of grace ; A full assurance given by looks ; Continual comfort iu a face, The lineaments of gospel books ; — I trow that count'nance cannot lie Whose thoughts are... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1852 - 684 pages
...Paradise the while. A nceet attractive kind of grace ; A full assurance given by looks ; Chntinval d, or, if ever, not associated with shapes of terror. Miss Lamb w count'nance cannot lye, Whose thoughts are legible in the eye. Above all others this is he, Which erst... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1852 - 1284 pages
...unhappiness that hung about me ; for anything false, anything sad could not come near Lilias — " I trow that countenance cannot lie Whose thoughts are legible in the eie," I said to myself joyously as I went on. I repented me of my suspicions of Charlie. Lucy must... | |
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A sweet attractive kind of grace ; A full assurance given by looks ; Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of Gospel books — I trow that count'nance cannot lye, Whose thoughts are legible in the eye. 
