| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...master-strokes, and draw from his de>ign. 1 would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the Hock lie feeds May... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
| Netterville (fict.name.) - 1802 - 324 pages
...next chapter. CHAP. VJI. „ " I would express him simple, grave, sincere, -" -In doctrine uncorrupt, in language plain; " And plain in manner, decent, solemn, chaste, " .And natural in gesture ; much impress'd himself,. • " As conscious of his awful charge, and anxious " Mainly that the flock he... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doftrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, . 400 And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
| 1811 - 544 pages
...honour of the truly Christian clergyman: — — " simple, grave, sincere, In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in g<"sUire, much imprrssM Himself, as conscious of his antul charge, And an xious mainly that the flock... | |
| Job Swift - Congregational churches - 1805 - 314 pages
...Were he on earth, would hear, approve and own. t.' Simple, grave, sincere i In d .ctriue uacorrupt i in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious that the flock he fed Should feel... | |
| Christianity - 1808 - 604 pages
...these lines more applicable. " I would express him, simple, grave, sincere, In doctrine, uncorrupt, in language, plain, And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impress'd Himself, as conccious of his awful charge. And anxious that the flock he feeds, May feel... | |
| 1808 - 512 pages
...he was rather short. " I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; « .• In doctrine uucorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd •Himself, 'as conscious of his awful charge,' And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds... | |
| Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...Cowper has already described this preacher ; and thus I may say, in his lines, that Mr. Parsons is — In language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
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