 | William Robertson Turnbull - 1871 - 192 pages
...their actions. Such, we fancy, would be benefited by consulting the splendid sentiment of Tennyson. " Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." The election of bailies... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...blue heavens above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife smile at the claims of long descent. c Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'tis only noble to be good; Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere... | |
 | 1871 - 792 pages
...furnished with knowledge, and garnished by virtue, does the man truly rise among his fellows. " Howe' er it be, it seems to me 'tis only noble to be good," is a thought recognised in Chinese books four thousand years before Tennyson was born. This principle... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 pages
...they at once apply to those who possess a more correct and extensive knowledge of the Word of God." True nobility. — " Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good : Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Boman blood."'' An 50. torture, upon a... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 pages
...say that a true man must be noble," I continued. " Now you know, John, our poet Tennyson says — ' Howe'er it be it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good!' And where are you more likely to learn how to be good than at a Bible class ? The teaching of the Bible... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam, and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere... | |
 | Robert Ferrier Burns - 1872 - 494 pages
...more truly than th&t of the chivalrous Champion of the Sabbath, in sympathy with the sentiment : — " Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good : Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith, than Norman blood." — ED. Dunoon, February,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 186 pages
...blue heavens above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere,... | |
 | 1872 - 456 pages
...when no man can work 1 Yours in the one hope, H. Ficxnure. toam. AILSIE BRUCE, THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN. "Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." TRUE heroism is to be found... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...— Songs of gratitude — While all nature utters, God is ever good. 1548. GOODNESS, Nobility of. at tx '. ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. A' [/ 'red Ttnnyton. 1549.... | |
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Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. 
