 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 620 pages
...find in being so calm? Cand. That which green wounds receive from sovereign balm. Patience, my lord ! Why, 'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven; It makes men look like god». The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...again we have, like hungry lions, Fierce as wild bulls, untameable as flies. — X Patience. Patience ! why, 'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues,...men That e'er wore earth about him was a Sufferer, A soff, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breath'd. THE SECOND... | |
 | England - 1924 - 1072 pages
...touchingiy described as in this thricenoble utterance of Dekker : — 1 Patience, my lord : why, 'tu the soul of peace : Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven, It makea men look like gods. The beat of men That e'er wore earth about him was e sufferer, A soft, meek,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...there is none which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper impression when it is afflicted. " The best of men, that e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer." In viewing images of greatness and of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened — they... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...there is none which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper impression when it is afflicted. " The best of men, that e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer." In viewing images of greatness and of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened—they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...Elizabeth ( whatever might be their belief) one of whom says of him, with a boldness equal to its piety : " The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was...humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman thai ever breathed." This was old honest Deckar, and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every... | |
 | Theater - 1821 - 436 pages
...by JOHN MAKSTON. PATIENCE. " Patience ! why, 'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis the nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods....The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a suff'rer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed."... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...there is none which can truly harm us. Virtue makes even the deeper impression when it is afflicted. " The best of men, that e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer." In viewing images of greatness and of anguish, our hearts are, at once, elevated and softened — they... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 650 pages
...settled ; these being, along with spotless virtue and unsuspecting truth, the soul of peace. " Patience ! why, 'tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues,...soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit." The version of the story is essentially that of Chaucer, with some additions as well as modifications suitable... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Patience : — Patience ! why, 'tis the soul of peace : "1 all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven : H l her of things that no gross car can hear, Till oft converse with heavenly ha sutlerer, ^ «ft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first trne gentleman that ever breath'd.... | |
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The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed. 
