| Richard Corbet, Octavius Gilchrist - 1807 - 356 pages
...LET no prophane, ignoble foot tread here, This hallowed piece of earth, Dorset lyes there : A small poor relique of a noble spirit, Free as the air, and...lov'd men for his honour, not his ends, And had the noblest way of getting friends By loving first, and yet who knew the court, But understood it better... | |
| Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 pages
...profane ignoble foot tread here, This hallowed piece of earth, Dorset lies there : A small poor relic of a noble spirit, Free as the air, and ample as his...lov'd men for his honour, not his ends, And had the noblest way of getting friends By loving first, and yet who knew the court, But understood it better... | |
| Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...here, This hallowed piece of earth, Dorset lies there : A small poor relic of a noble spirit, ^ree as the air, and ample as his merit : A soul refin'd,...lov'd men for his honour, not his ends, And had the noblest way of getting friends By loving first, and yet who knew the court, But understood it better... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...here, This hallowed piece of earth, Dorset lyes there: A small poore relique of a noble spirit, Free a* the air, and ample as his merit : A soul refin'd,...lov'd men for his honour, not his ends, And had the noblest way of getting friends By loving first, and yet who knew the court, But understood it better... | |
| Henry King - 1843 - 394 pages
...LET no profane ignoble foot tread neer This hallow'd peece of earth; Dorset lies here. A small sad relique of a noble spirit, Free as the air, and ample as his merit ; (5.) Whose least perfection was large, and great * [A different copy of this Poem is printed among... | |
| Henry King - 1914 - 258 pages
...Let no profane ignoble foot tread neer This hallow'd peece of earth, Dorset lies here. A small sad relique of a noble spirit, Free as the air, and ample as his merit ; Whose least perfection was large, and great 5 Enough to make a common man compleat. A soul refin'd... | |
| 1921 - 576 pages
...complete. A soul refin'd and cull'd from many men, That reconcil'd the sword unto the pen, Using both well No proud forgetting Lord, But mindful of mean names, and of his word. 10 One that did love for honour, not for ends, And had the noblest way of making friends 19-33 King's... | |
| |