| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1845 - 412 pages
...Gilt-head. f " Nobilitas fola eft atque unica, virtus." Juvenal. " Howe'er it be, it feems to me, "Pis only noble to be good; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And fimple faith than Norman blood." Tennyfon. wheel another way, thus it was in the firft and primitive... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 pages
...Tennyson, has become the practical rule of life in this our Western World: "However it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." For though some few in our "fashionable world," may ape the arrogant absurdities... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...bent, The gardner Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere ; You pine among your halls and towers ; The... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'T is only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. I know you, Clara Vere de Vere, You pine among your halls and towers ; The... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 566 pages
...The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Ilowe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. " I know you, Clara Vere de Vere ; You pine among your halls and towers :... | |
| National Sunday school union - 1866 - 308 pages
...shouted at them in unmistakably strong language to desist. JOHN HUSS. " Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more...coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." Tennyson. JOHN Huss was the great upholder of true religion who flourished between Wycliffe and Luther. The most... | |
| John Noake - Worcestershire (England) - 1848 - 396 pages
...old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, T is only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." The Poher family (who had lands in Claines 13 Edward I.) were the first patrons... | |
| Literature - 1851 - 824 pages
...The grand old gardener and his irife Smile ai the claims of long detcent; Howe'er it be, it seems to me, ' Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than foronetf And gentle faith tÃian Norman blood. 'oor. By HENRT MAYHEW. Nos. I to 7. New York: Harper... | |
| Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1849 - 324 pages
...tenderness, and love, display themselves in this humble condition. CHAPTER XI. " How e'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good ; Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Xorman blood." TENNYSON. I HAVE lingered longer than I intended upon this picture. It has... | |
| Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1849 - 326 pages
...enjoying tory pensions, are not less radical at heart : the latter says, " Howe'er it *be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith, than Norman blood." What do we mean by " radical " but going to the root of the matter ; and... | |
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