At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1281842Full view - About this book
| 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 adorn'd 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,... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - 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 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... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 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 lips prevail'd with double fvvar ; And fools, who came to feoff, remain'd to pray. The fervice paft,... | |
| 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 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 ,... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1800 - 284 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, « And his last fault'ring accents whisper'd praise. « At church, with meek and unaffected grace, « His...looks adorn'd the venerable place ; « Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, « And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. « The service past,... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1800 - 286 pages
...Comfort came down thf trembling wretch to raise, « And his last fault'ring accents whisper'd praise. « At church, with meek and unaffected grace, « His...looks adorn'd the venerable place; « Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, « And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. « The service past,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last fait' ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past,... | |
| Apollo - 1800 - 224 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 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,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pages
...Comfort come down the trembling wretch to raife, And his laft, fault'ring accents whifper'd praife. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth frqm his lips prevail'd with double fway, And fools , who came to feoff, remain'd to pvay. The fervice... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service pass'd,... | |
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