 | Classical philology - 1829 - 336 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...lowly verse may loftily arise. And lift itself unto the highest skies. Id. I oftti and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. Sltakspeare, There is a traverse placed in a loft above, fíacou. Passing through the spheres of watchful... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 pages
...ripe and 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...ripe, and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lot'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... | |
 | Miss Jones - 1832 - 206 pages
...yet on first acquaintance distant, and silent, and almost cold. Like Shakspeare's' Wolsey, he was " Lofty and sour to those that loved him not ; But to those hearts that sought him, Sweet as summer." His early reserve rendered this sweetness not only more remarkable,... | |
 | Law - 1834 - 614 pages
...Griffith's character of the fallen Wolsey which might be applied to him: — " Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. *****# His overthrow heaped happiness upon him, For then, and not till then, he felt himself, • /-ml... | |
 | British literature - 1834 - 532 pages
...scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading : Lni'tv and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he wen! unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most... | |
 | 1835 - 224 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, He was most princely... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1835 - 352 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1836 - 746 pages
...These postillions were certainly not in love ! CHAPTER LL MB. TREMAINE IMPROVES. Lofty and sour to them that loved him not : But to those men that sought him, sweet as Summer. siiA WE shall not inquire whether Mr. Tremaine had any, or what dreams, when he was quietly deposited... | |
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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... 
