| Sarah Tytler - English fiction - 1871 - 632 pages
...does not remember was Adam." " Now, that is taking me off," Lady Dorothea declared, philosophically. ' The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.' And so do we at the rest of the poetic democratic tirade. Don't believe them, Phrebe, for they are... | |
| Missions - 1871 - 792 pages
...furnished with knowledge, and garnished by virtue, does the man truly rise among his fellows. " Howe' er it be, it seems to me 'tis only noble to be good," is a thought recognised in Chinese books four thousand years before Tennyson was born. This principle... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 360 pages
...noble birth. Trust mo, Clara Veré de Veré, From yon blue heavens above ns bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent....be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind heart» nre more than coronet?, And simple faith than Norman blood. 1 know yon, Clara Veré de Veré:... | |
| Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 pages
...say that a true man must be noble," I continued. " Now you know, John, our poet Tennyson says — ' Howe'er it be it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good!' And where are you more likely to learn how to be good than at a Bible class ? The teaching of the Bible... | |
| Charles Northend - 1872 - 194 pages
...the tree's inclined. And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it makes it two. However it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. The good are better made by ill, As odors crushed are sweeter still. * Thw, and all that follow, will... | |
| Emma Jane Worboise - 1873 - 448 pages
...with — "'Trust me, Hertha LiUingstone ; From yon blue heavens above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent....to me, Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are only coronets, And simple faith than noble blood.'" Bertha was aghast ; she had no idea that Erie was... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1873 - 812 pages
...the cool of the evening, down > the day when a Poet-Laureate sang — " Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heaven above us bent The gardener Adam...and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent," at all times and in all ages gardens have been amongst the objects of the greatest interest to mankind.... | |
| Samuel Tomkins (of Trysull.) - 1873 - 274 pages
...youngest, was a lovable little fellow, but somewhat spoiled, perhaps, as he was the pet of the circle. " Howe'er it be, it seems to me "Tis only noble to be good ; Kind words are more than coronets, And simple faitb than Norman blood." — Tennyson. CHAPTER IV. The First... | |
| John Forster - Novelists, English - 1873 - 528 pages
...beyond them, expressed unaffectedly by the poet's verse and in the power of education to confer. • Howe'er it be, it seems to me, "Tis only noble to be good: True hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. He underwent some suffering,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 350 pages
...nohle hirth. Trnst me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon hlne heaveus ahove ns hent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it he, it seems to me, Tis oniy nohle to he good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith... | |
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