 | John Milton - English poetry - 1898 - 358 pages
...the pastures and flocks. 65-70. Or whose discourse, etc. " Best seemed the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind." " Or if Deodatus, by which aloue " In those ethereal mansions thou art known. " Thy blush was maiden,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1898 - 334 pages
...pastures and flocks. 65-70. Or whose discourse, etc. " Best seemed the thing he was, and join'd Kach office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind." " There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields ! Yet will I not despair. Despair... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...To whom a thousand memories call, Not being less but more than all The gentleness he seemed to be, Best seemed the thing he was ; and joined Each office...manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind. Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew in the expression of an eye Where... | |
 | United States. 59th Congress, 3d session - 1899 - 184 pages
...had strong, pure affections that bound him to his country and to his friends like bands of steel. He seemed the thing he was, and joined Each office of...manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind, And thus he bore without abuse The grand old name of gentleman. Mr. DINGLEY possessed in an eminent... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 382 pages
...being less but more than all The gentleness he seem'd to be, Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind ; Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew in the expression of an eye, Where... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1899 - 1002 pages
...being less but more than all The gentleness he seem'd to be, Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble miiid ; Nor ever narrowness or spite. Or villain fancy fleeting by. Drew iu the expression of an eye... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - American literature - 1899 - 440 pages
...being less but more than all The gentleness he seem'd to be, Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower 15 And native growth of noble mind; Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Initials - 1900 - 144 pages
...being less but more than all The gentleness he seem'd to be, Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind; Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew in the expression of an eye, Where... | |
 | England - 1901 - 730 pages
...habits. In his presence one intuitively remembers Tennyson's lines — Best seemed the thing he was, aud joined Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind. His temperament is undoubtedly classical, but his generous humanity knows no bounds of austerity. At... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 612 pages
...his country and to his friends like bands of steel. He " 'Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd Each office of the social hour To noble manners, as the flower And native growth of noble mind. ***** And thus he bore without abuse, The grand old name of gentleman.' "The story of the life of William... | |
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Nor ever narrowness or spite, Or villain fancy fleeting by, Drew in the expression of an eye, Where God and Nature met in light... 
