 | United States. Congress - Legislators - 1955 - 98 pages
...remembered as a great American. Inevitably, I suppose, we recall Griffith's famous description of Wolsey : "He was a scholar, and a 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." There... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1921 - 482 pages
...Shakespeare's Henry VIII (rv, 2) : ' This Cardinal . . . Was fashioned 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 that sought him sweet as summer.' To... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - Bar associations - 1899 - 410 pages
...lost one of her noblest sons and the law a most worthy and devoted student and a brilliant advocate. " He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading ; ****** And to add greater honors to his age Than man could give, he died... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...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 lov'd him not, But to those that sought... | |
 | David H. Levy - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 326 pages
...really succeeded, we'd still be there exploring."15 CHAPTER Chairman Gene: 1969-1972 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 lov'd him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. — SHAKESPEARE,... | |
 | Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...informal, open communications. . . . The intensity of communications is unmistakable." Get a Report Card He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading. Griffith, Henry VIII. 4, 2 By asking others, such as your supervisor and colleagues, you may find out... | |
 | Peter Quennell, Hamish Johnson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 246 pages
...his goodness : Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashioned 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 that sought him sweet as summer. And though... | |
 | Finn Egeland Hansen - Music theory - 2006 - 356 pages
...sides: "He was never, But where he meant to ruin, pitiful," while Griffith's judgement is less severe: "He was a scholar, and a 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 355 pages
...served my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. [Wolsey— 3.2.535-537] He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one: Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading. . . . [Griffith— 4.2.58-59] She shall be — But few now living can behold that goodness — A pattern... | |
 | 124 pages
...mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. - Samuel Johnson He was a scholar, and a 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... | |
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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 that sought him, sweet as summer. 
