 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 794 pages
...What fo he were of highe or low eftat, Him wolde he fnibben fharply for the nones : A better precft I trowe that no wher non is, He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne maked him no fpiced confcience But Criftes lore, and his apoftles twelve He taught, but firft he... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. 520 To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good...But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. 525 A better preest I trowe that nowher... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. 520 To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good...But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. 525 A better preest I trowe that nowher... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous nc digne, Bat in his teaching discrete and henigne. To drawen folk to Heven, with fairenesse, By good ensample, was his besinesse: Bat it were any personc obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen...But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben ' sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that nowher... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...was to sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speehe dangerous ne digue, Rut in his teaehing diserete and benigne. To drawen folk to Heven, with fairenesse....But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that no wher... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 388 pages
...he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen...But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that nowher... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...were, and vertuous, — He was, to sinful men, not dispitous ; Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne ; e w V / highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preeet I trowe that no wher... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...; Ne of his speehe dangerous ne digne ; But, in his teehing, diserete and benigne. To drawen folke k virtue first, be bold Í As gold to silver, virtue...There, London's voiee, " Get money, money still ! A highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that no wher... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1827 - 322 pages
...he holy were, and vertuous He was to sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen folk to heven with fairnesse, By good ensample was his businesse ; But if were any persone obstinat, What so he were of... | |
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He was a shepherd, and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful men not dispitous, Ne of his speche dangerous ne digne, But in his teching discrete and benigne. 
