Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title,' and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvied, by the... The Wyoming Valley, Upper Waters of the Susquehanna, and the Lackawanna Coal ... - Page 111edited by - 1875 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...CRAGSS (and let me call him mine) On the cast ore, another' Pollio, shine ; With aspect open, shall erect his head, And round the orb in lasting notes...truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend... | |
| Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 648 pages
...applying to you the beautiful epitaph Mr. Pope wrote to the memory of his friend, Mr. Secretary Craggs : " Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor dear ! Who broke no promise, served no private end, 4 Who gained no title, and who lost no friend,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...POPULI AMOR ET DELICL« vrxrr, TTTULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR, AJJNOS, HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX. STATESMAN, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 544 pages
...her Rutledges, or her Haynes. Her soil contains no nobler dust than that of JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN. " Statesman, yet friend to truth ! — of soul sincere,...clear, Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who sought no title, and who lost no friend I" THE END. RECENTLY PUBLISHED , BY JAMES 1. AIDEN, AUBUBN,... | |
| Indiana. General Assembly. Senate - Indiana - 1925 - 1208 pages
...Indiana have placed in me. May it be said of each of us who is taking office today — "Statesmen, yet friend to truth! Of soul sincere, In action faithful,...clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend." MONDAY AFTERNOON. January 12, 1925. The Senate reconvened... | |
| Charles Grenfill Washburn - Legislators - 1928 - 406 pages
...HKISTED IN THE USA TO THE WIFE, THE CHILDREN AND THE GRANDCHILDREN OF JOHN WINGATE WEEKS % ^ * oi i e> ' Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, sen'd no private end.' ••t ••, PREFACE THIS book is really... | |
| Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - Education - 1911 - 332 pages
...the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. — Pope. Statesman, yet friend to truth! oh soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend. — Pope. One touch of nature makes... | |
| United States. Congress House - 1939 - 68 pages
...PLUMLEY. Mr. Speaker, CLARENCE W. TURNER Is dead! He was an affable and a courteous gentleman— A statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. He wrote his name in bright characters high upon the scroll of the history of his city, State, and... | |
| United States. Congress House - 1941 - 80 pages
...his people and the life of the Nation is well described in the epistle of Alexander Pope, which says: Statesman, yet friend to truth) of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who galn'd no title, and who lost no friend.... | |
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