Hidden fields
Books Books
" At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. "
From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ... - Page 284
by Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 325 pages
Full view - About this book

Littell's Living Age, Volume 26

1850 - 640 pages
...can't help it, mama — it would be so nice !" said the sanguine, kind-hearted Catherine. CHAPTER x. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. GOLDSMITH. ACCORDINGLY, Mr. St. Leger, his objections having been overruled by Edgar, accepted the...
Full view - About this book

Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
Full view - About this book

The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

1845 - 614 pages
...soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
Full view - About this book

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double swsy, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to 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, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile...
Full view - About this book

Memoir of the Rev. Rowland Hill, M.A.

Will Jones - 1845 - 720 pages
...thoughtless young men, and they retired from the conventicle to their rooms, to mourn over their sins, Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. On one occasion, when Mr. Hill was on his way to Duxford, to preach for the Missionary Society, he...
Full view - About this book

A History of the Society of Friends: Compiled from Its Standard ..., Volume 1

William R. Wagstaff - 1845 - 506 pages
...went to Lynn and many other places, holding large meetings. George Fox spoke with such power, that " Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray." In this year the oath of adjuration against King Charles was introduced, and George Fox wrote to the...
Full view - About this book

The life of mrs. [M.] Fletcher, relict of John Fletcher, vicar of Madeley

Thomas E. Gill - 1845 - 352 pages
...supply the place of all the rest, — that eloquence which goes directly to the heart. "Truth from her lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray." In a word she was the honoured instrument of doing much good, and the fruit of her labours are now...
Full view - About this book

The Old White Meetinghouse: Or, Reminiscences of a Country Congregation

1846 - 264 pages
...LIBRARY AH A ..BARM BffiOLOGKALUBRkRY . A. OLD WHITE MEETINGHOUSE; REMINISCENCES COUNTRY CONGREGATION. " At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray." GOLDSMITH. SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER, 58 CANAL STREET, AND PITTSBURG, 56 MARKET STREET....
Full view - About this book

The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,. And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal each honest rustic ran; E'en children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown,...
Full view - About this book

The Churchman's companion, Volume 11

1852 - 788 pages
...nor wish'd to change, his place. ***** At Church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed...pious man, "With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran I Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile ;...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF