 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.  Annual Register - Seite 199herausgegeben von - 1771Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...raise, And his last, faltering accents whispered praise. 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. The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | Pictor (pseud.) - 1848 - 118 Seiten
...living instance of Goldsmith's animated description — "At Church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools that came to scoff remained to pray." MR. B. is happy in the possession of "the victory... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 Seiten
...raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 35 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. The service past, around the pious man, 40 With... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...raise. And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected gr:iee, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. 1 he service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 Seiten
...raise, And his last fullering accents whispered praise. 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. The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 Seiten
...raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 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. The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | John Watson Adams, Joel Parker - 1851 - 382 Seiten
...beautiful description in Goldsmith's Deserted Village : " ' 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. The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...raise, And his lost faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, Hi- s in the troubled sky full oft prevails ; Oft deemed a signal of tempestuous sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...175 And his last faltering accents whispered praise. 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. 180 The service past, around the pious man, With... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1853 - 322 Seiten
...towards the scene of merrymaking might also be met him who — At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double away, And fools who came to scoff, went home to pray. Indeed few were those failed to join the feast... | |
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