| 1869 - 880 页
...incense of thy prayer, For sloth like mine. HEREMORE-BRANDON ; OR, THE FORTUNES OF A NEWSBOY. " HOWK'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." CHAPTER I. FOUR little boys : two of them had soft fair... | |
| William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 页
...heavens, above us bent, The grand old gardener 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... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 页
...heavens above us bent. The grand old gardener and his wife smile at the claims of long descent. Hpwe'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... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1869 - 516 页
...heavens above us bent The grand old gardener 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. " You pine among your halls and towers : The languid... | |
| John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1869 - 136 页
...would melt, and the sun come out on high, I long to see a flower sO, before the day I die. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind words are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. There is some soul of goodness in... | |
| William Henry Hamilton Rogers - 1869 - 238 页
...aggravated horrors to the withering glance of merciful indignation, a century afterwards — " Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good." But apropos of Sir Bernard. Let not the visitor who comes this way, after he has looked at Ashe, forget... | |
| Emily (Aunt.) - 1870 - 194 页
...person, for he was born a gentleman. Tennyson, who wrote your favourite ' May Queen,' 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.' " Augustine happily lived long enough to win back his... | |
| E S H. Bagnold - 1870 - 182 页
...necessary to cauterize the wound. ' How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour.' ' 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.' ' Little dost thou think, thou busy, busy bee, What... | |
| 1870 - 596 页
...sings — four lines that she heard Miss Thome once read, and she never forgets them : — " 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." HELEN W. PIERSON. 17 PICTURES FROM FRENCH HISTORY. THE... | |
| Mary Bennett - 1870 - 226 页
...resolved to go, carrying with her only the best ambition, coveting only " the best gifts." " Howe'er it be, it seems to me *Tis only noble to be good ; Kind words are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." "To me," said her mother, joining... | |
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