 This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men...  Monument to the Memory of Henry Clay - Page 4301857 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry White - 1849 - 550 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, lWhich was a sin,l yet in bestowing, madam, He was most... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Chief justices - 1849 - 620 pages
...some business in his way in the Court of Wards and Liveries, — " Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer." Fitzjames was devotedly of this second class ; and was even 160 suspected to assist his patron in pursuits... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...and a ripe good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 614 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading; Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most... | |
 | William Shakespeare - College verse - 1850 - 132 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men th,at sought him, sweet as summer. ßaica Se %рмш TÍjv ^voaCovcrav KÓVIV •Xjpvffov TrpoTifíav TOV KÓveí, /ee^/awcr/iéVov Cvváv... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 588 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1850 - 316 pages
...Gentle.] Saptiav lySpott, KO.I <pi\oitriv eU/iEi/Jj. Eurip. Medea, Y. 805. Lofty and sour to those, that loved him not, But to those men, that sought him, sweet as summer. s In the mother's womb.] His mother, when pregnant with him, is said to have dreamt that she should... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 516 pages
...Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer." That such a man should fall, after attaining to the height he did, is nothing new in the history of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 670 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading ; Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 578 pages
...scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely:... | |
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