 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pages
...practise abstinence 3, but not temperance. 1 Published by Keareley, with this well-cho»en motto : -From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven. ' SUAKBFKABE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 588 pages
...malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly, Was fashioned to much honor from his cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 pages
...Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humMi* stock, undoubtedly, VVas fashion'd to much honour from bis cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...misery. JOHNSON. I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to" much honour. From his cradle, He...one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...debt, he owes For every word. 27 — i. 2. 67 Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion' d to much honour. From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not; But to those men that sought... | |
 | George Oliver - 1838 - 286 pages
...following. His precious remains were deposited in the Sodality Chapel, on the Epistle side of the Altar. "From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, And to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven." CCCCLXXVI.... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...Kirkland as a man of letters. " Light, and understanding, and wisdom, and knowledge, were found in him." " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading." At the outset, however, I am ready to admit that he was not a very profound... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...speaks is all in debt, he owes For every word. 27 — i. 2. 67 Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle, He...scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding; wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - 1266 pages
...and gave The clergy ill example. • ««*** This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour, from his cradle ; He...scholar, and a ripe and good one . Exceeding wise ; fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty, and sour to them that lov'd him not : But to those men that... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1955 - 98 pages
...remembered as a great American. Inevitably, I suppose, we recall Griffith's famous description of Wolsey : "He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not, but to those men that sought him sweet as summer." There... | |
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. 
