 | Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 pàgines
...himself) engraved 1654. on his tomb : GATAKER (CHARLES) son of the preceding, and a writer on con-* Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, hut now I know it." 'troversial divinity, born i6i4,dted GAZA (THEODORE) a very 1680. eminent grammarian, and translator... | |
 | James Hardie - 1801 - 526 pàgines
...was buried in Westminster Abbey with this epitaph, written by himself, engraved on his tomb : — " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; " I thought so once ; but now I know it." o ft GESNER, (SOLOMON) the celebrated author of the death of Abel, and many other... | |
 | Rev. John Walker - 1806 - 282 pàgines
...wryttene by- the hande of kynge Henrye the Sixthe of the name, and faythfullye copyed by me Johau " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, " In wit a man, simplicity a child." Dyke's epitaph is given by Anthony Wood in his History of the Colleges. 70 Leyland Antiquarius, by... | |
 | Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806 - 938 pàgines
...in the year 1732. The two lines beneath it, written by Mr. Pope, will give his character fully : ' Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child.' " Beside him is the- head of Madame de Sevigne, esteemed for the sentiment and elegance of her pen.... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 pàgines
...fut enterré à l'abbaye de Westminster, et Pope lui fit une épitaphe qui le peint parfaitement : Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man; simplicity a child ; AVith native humour tempering virtuous rage; Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pàgines
...censure could find very little to blame in his life. I XI. ON MR. GAT. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; ' In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; 'f With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age; Above... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1811 - 490 pàgines
...himself) engraven nished ; only ihc first twelve books on his tomb : oftheCHd Testament being printed, ** Life Is a jest« and all things show It : I thought so once, but now I know it." occupying two vols. 4*0. the first of which was published in 1793, and the second... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 748 pàgines
...April 22, 1717; and was buried at Tarbick. P. 121. "John Gay, the ingenious Poet, whom Pope styles " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child ;" yet this character is proved untrue, by the strong passions he wa* possessed of, which hurt him... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 788 pàgines
...part of Pope's epitaph on Gay, the following lines being equally applicable to one as the other : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild : In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child." For the credit of Mr .Hodgson it should be observed,that Clotwortîi y the first Earl of Massareene,... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1817 - 478 pàgines
..., dont le style est trop léger pour le lieu et pour le sujet , et qui sentent un peu l'impiété : Life is a jest and all things show it, I thought so once , but now I know it. Les soins qui occupent la vie du commun des hommes peuvent bien être vains et... | |
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Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once ; but now I know it. 
