 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.  The Retrospective Review - Page 3121820Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1851 - 412 pages
...the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues, 't is 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 breathed.1' In the... | |
 | George Burrowes - Bible - 1853 - 542 pages
...conduct which may be indecorous, or, in common estimation, unbecoming a follower of Christ. •'' .•. "The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A mild, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed."* Grace... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...'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 breathed. Thomas... | |
 | Random readings - 1854 - 204 pages
...'tis the soul of peace, Of all the virtues 'tis nearest 'kill 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 breathed. Thomas... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 1232 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 »oft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed." This... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...soul of peaee : Of all the virtues Ч is the 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. Deeker.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - Spiritualism - 1855 - 452 pages
...square inches in the seamless garment ? We prefer, instead, the bold statement of Decker, that — " 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." It is... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...is 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 over breathed." Calvin... | |
 | Daniel Dana Buck - 1856 - 328 pages
...the soul of peace; Of all the virtues 't is the 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, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed." Decker. " E'en... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 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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