| Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...Comfort came down t!he trembling wretch to raiftj And his laft faltering -accents whifper'd praife. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd tvith double fwayj And fools who came to feoff, remain'd to prajr; The fervice paft, around the pious... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...makes the crimes and errors of the poor, a pretence to juftify the indulgence of its own parfimony. — At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With fteady... | |
| 1785 - 304 pages
...wretch to raife, And his laft fault'ring accents whifper'd praife. At church, with meek and unaffefted grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway. And fools, who catne to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...wretch to raife, And his laft fauhering accents whifper'd praife. At church, with meek and unaffefted grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With ready... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...wretch to raife; And his lalt falt'ring accents whii'per'd praife. At church, with meek and unaffe&ed grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools, who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...the trembling wretch to raife, And his laft fault'ring accents whilper'd praifc. At church, with mctk er young : The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the fvvar ; And fools, who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...wretch to raife, And his laft fault'ring accents whifper'd praife. At church, with meek and unaftefted grace* His looks adorn'd the venerable- place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools, who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft, around the pious man, With... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raife, And his laft fault'ring accents whifper'd praife. AT church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools, who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft , around the pious man , With... | |
| James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...raife, And his lafl fault'ring accents whifper'd praife. At chureh, with meek and unnaffe£led gracei His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fool?, wfco came to feoff, remain'd to pray*i ' The fervice pafl, around the pious man, "With... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fait' ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and...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... | |
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