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American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men ...: Michigan Volume - Page 114
1878
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 490 pages
...This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour from his cradle8. He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 35

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 650 pages
...princes ;' But not without reason, for if he had faults he had also many virtues : — 4 .... From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Loftv and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought...
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Roman Catholic bishops

Stephen Hyde Cassan - Bishops - 1827 - 618 pages
...Ecclesiastic. - This Cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much hoiionr. From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : Exceeding wise, fair spoken, aud persuading : Lofty and sour, to them that lov'a him not ; But. to those men that sought...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 35

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...princes ;' But not without reason, for if he had faults he had also many virtues : — ' . From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 384 pages
...Gnf. This cardinal, Though from an humhle stock, undouhtedly Was ftishion'd to much honour from his cradle. He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 534 pages
...with princes ; but not without reason, for if he had faults, he had also many virtues : — > From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; But to those men that sought...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...Grif. This Cardinal, Though from a humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought...
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Memorials of Shakespeare; or, Sketches of his character and genius, by ...

Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pages
...Himself with princes; but not without reason, for if he had faults, he had also many virtues:— From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofly and sour to them that loved him not; But to those men that sought...
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Inductive Grammar: Designed for Beginners

William Bentley Fowle - English language - 1829 - 62 pages
...uncorrupted. This Cardinal, Though from an humble, undoubtedly Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ;...Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading: Lofty and sour o them that lov'd him not; But to those mei that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he vcre...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 40

Classical philology - 1829 - 336 pages
...GRIFF. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honor. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought...
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