 | Alfred Marks - 1905 - 246 Seiten
...perjured, impudent and saucy, foul-mouthed wretch." Dryden has sketched him in a few immortal lines : — Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud,...choleric was nor proud : His long chin proved his wit, liis saint-like grace A church-vermilion, and a Moses' face. He affected an aristocratic drawl, preserved... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 Seiten
...156-158.) Seldom does Dryden give details like those in regard to Gates: — Sunk were his eyes; hia me and fortune of your native place, The fame and valor of the Phrygia : Hia long chin prov'd his wit ; his saintlike grace A church vermilion, and a Moses' face. (Pages... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1911 - 792 Seiten
...Stephen grace ? Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud,...his saint-like grace A church vermilion and a Moses' face. His memory, miraculously great, 650 Could plots exceeding man's belief repeat ; Which therefore... | |
 | 1911 - 514 Seiten
...interest " is a histoiical errur that has requirtd years to correct. Drydeu's description of Gates is : " His long chin proved his wit, his saintlike grace A church vermilion, and a Moses face. His memory miraculously great, Could plot, exceeding man's belief relate." WAS MINORCA SOLD FOR... | |
 | John Dryden - 1923 - 196 Seiten
...Stephen grace? , Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. "~ ' Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud,...saint-like grace — A church vermilion and a Moses' face. His memory, miraculously great, Could plots exceeding man's belief repeat ; Which therefore cannot... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 Seiten
...EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, 640 His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. grees. And flattery to face. 645 His memory, miraculously great, Could plots, exceeding man's belief, repeat; Which therefore... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2001 - 1166 Seiten
...were his eye«, hia voice was harsh and loud ; Pure signs he neither choleric was, nor proud : Hie long chin proved his wit ; his saint-like grace A church vermilion, and a MOMS' face, His memory, miraculously great, Could plot«, exceeding mail's belief, repeat. : Abnlaat... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 Seiten
...did Stephen grace? Ours was a Levite, and as times went then His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud,...his saintlike grace A church vermilion and a Moses face. His memory, miraculously great, 650 Could plots exceeding man's belief repeat; Which therefore... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 Seiten
...Stephen grace?0 Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, His tribe were God almighty's gentlemen.0 Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud,...his saintlike grace A church vermilion, and a Moses' face.0 His memory, miraculously great, 650 Could plots exceeding man's belief, repeat; Which therefore... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 596 Seiten
...taken for the centre of a circle, his chin, forehead, and cheekbones would fall in the circumference. Sunk were his eyes; his voice was harsh and loud,...saint-like grace, A Church vermilion, and a Moses' face ; His memory miraculously great Could plots, exceeding man's belief, repeat. Dryden, Absalom and... | |
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Could plots, exceeding man's belief, repeat ; Which, therefore, cannot be accounted lies, For human wit could never such devise. Some future truths are mingled... 
