 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 oldal
...the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...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 - 296 oldal
...the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 oldal
...the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1813 - 998 oldal
...Minister of the Word ! As it .was, with what pleasure have many of us hung upon his words, when, " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, " And fools who came to mock, rcmain'd to pray !" With what grace of unstudied address; with what strength of argument; with... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 oldal
...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...pray. The service past, around the pious man With ready zeal each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, Aud pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 oldal
...the struggling soul. Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready seal each honest rustic ran ; Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 oldal
...the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church with mock and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable...pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran: Even children tblluw'tl, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 oldal
...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise. And his last fault'ring accents earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify...rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her air wb.o came to scoff, remain'd to prsy. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each... | |
 | 1824 - 444 oldal
...PRINTED FOR FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERSCOURT, AND AVE-MARIA-LANE. 1822. VISIT TO THE RECTORY. « At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, reraaiu'd to pray." GOLDSMITH. WE took tea... | |
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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. 
