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| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fault'ring...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fault'ring aecents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fault'ring aceents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal each honest rustic ran ; Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 pages
...fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.(l> The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran ; E'en children... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fait' ring oldsmith reinain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran;... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1837 - 488 pages
...she had lost him for ever. CHAPTER XX. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, I IK looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. t (GOLDSMITH. " No muffins—and cold rolls for breakfast!—that is a sure indication... | |
| sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pages
...say that he has borrowed from any. In the character of the Village Preacher there are the lines — " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray :" which bear some resemblance in expression though not in thought, to a passage in the Britannia Rediviva... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fd«ls, 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,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 564 pages
...say that he has borbowed from any. In the character of the Village Preacher there are the lines — " Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray :" which bear some resemblance in expression though not in thought, to a passage in... | |
| 1838 - 808 pages
...And who has not admired the moral beauty and pathos of the following strain ; 1 At church with mock and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable...pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran : Ev'n children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his... | |
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