 ... eye Some observation, some acuteness spy ; The friendly thought it keen, the treacherous deem'd it sly ; Yet not a crime could foe or friend detect, His actions all were, like his speech, correct...  Ernest Maltravers - Page 135by Lord Edward Lytton Bulwer - 1837Full view - About this book
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 260 pages
...speech, correct ; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; Chaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus, and not of this ashamed. Such were the virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a Son : Three years had pass'd... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 486 pages
...speech, correct; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; Chaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus, and not of this ashamed. Such were the virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son: Three years had pass'd... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1899 - 540 pages
...speech, correct ; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; Chaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus, and not of this ashamed. TALE VI.— THE FRANK COURTSHIP. Now she, like him, was politic and shrewd, With strong desire of lawful... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...speech, correct ; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; Chaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus, and not of this ashamed. Such were the virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son : Three years had pass'd... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1837 - 226 pages
...keen, the treacherous deem'd it sly ; Yet not a crime could foe or friend detect, His actions all were like his speech correct — Chaste, sober, solemn,...and sound this secret." — BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. MBs. LESLIE, the lady introduced to the reader in the last chapter, was a woman of the firmest intellect... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1838 - 224 pages
...keen, the treacherous deem'd it sly ; Yet not a crime could foe or friend detect, His actions all were like his speech correct — Chaste, sober, solemn,..." I'll on and sound this secret." — BEAUMONT and FI.ETCHKR. MRS. LESLIE, the lady introduced to the reader in th« last chapter, was a woman of the... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...speech, correct; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; HERD'S everlasting Name. Whilst thus the loiterer's utmost stretch of soul Climbs the s Such were the virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son : Tbree years had poss'd... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1839 - 342 pages
...speech, correct; And they who jested on a mind so sound, Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; Chaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus, and not of this ashamed. Such were the virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son : Three years had pass'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...speech, correct; And they who jested on a mind so sound. Upon his virtues must their laughter found ; populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much loved isle. XX Such were Ihe virtues Jonas found in one In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son : Three years had pass'd... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1842 - 414 pages
...Yet not a crime could foe or friend detect, His actions all were like his speech correct — Cbaste, sober, solemn, and devout they named Him who was thus,...introduced to the reader in the last chapter, was a woman of the firmest intellect comhined (no unusual comhination) with the softest heart. She learned Alice's... | |
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