 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...raise, • • -'•'•'• '. '/'. A«d his last fault'ring accents whisper'd praige. ", , , •.... , At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place j ' , , Truth from his lips prevail'd with double swayV . And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...anguish ßed the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn' d the venerable place; Truth from fus lips prevail'd with double sway ; And fools , who come... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper 'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fait' ring accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,...prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain' d to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : E'en children follow'd, with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : E'en children folloVd, with... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 pages
...anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scqft', remain'd to pray. The service pass'd, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic... | |
 | 1833 - 958 pages
...of this memoir, and to many of his hearers, the beautiful lines of Goldsmith are most apposite : " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray." On the 1st of August, 1799, he entered into the marriage state with Miss Jane Edgcombe, daughter of... | |
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At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. 
