 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 him, sweet as summer.  The Classical Journal - Sida 1081829Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 sidor
...published very soon after his death: — "When i Published by Kearsley, with this well-chosen motto : From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one : And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven. he walked... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 484 sidor
...absurdly pointed in all the modern editions: — * This cardinal, &c. . Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.' 9 ' Unwilling to outlive the good that did it.' Good appears here to be put for goodness, as in the... | |
 | 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 - 1827 - 650 sidor
...with 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 him, sweet as summer. And... | |
 | Stephen Hyde Cassan - 1827 - 618 sidor
...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 him, sweet... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 384 sidor
...malicious else. 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...spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 sidor
...ranking 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 him, sweet as summer. And though... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 408 sidor
...0F THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL ASTHONY WAYNE. Fashioned much to honour from his cradle, He was a soldier, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, .fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to those that loved him not; But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. Heard ye him talk of Commonwealths,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 sidor
...KATHARINE. GRIFF. THIS Cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle, He was a Scholar, and a ripe and...spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them .that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1829 - 62 sidor
...uncontaminated and 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...I were malicious else. Grif. This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honor. From his cradle, He was a scholar,...spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them thatlov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summetAnd though he were unsatisfied... | |
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