 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pàgines
...liv'd, and that he died. ON MR GAY, In Westminster-Abbey, 1732. OF Manners gentle, of Affections mild r In Wit, a Man ; Simplicity, a Child : With native...temp'ring virtuous Rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above Temptation, in a low Estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great : A safe Companion,... | |
 | James Gibson - 1881 - 360 pàgines
...business. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. A New Edition. [32-mo.] Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; Tn art a man, simplicity a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age. Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted ev'n amongst the great; A safe companion,... | |
 | James Gibson (draper.) - 1881 - 360 pàgines
...business. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS. A New Edition. [32-mo.] Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In art a man, simplicity a child ; With native humour temp.ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age. Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted ev'n amongst the great ; A safe companion,... | |
 | John Gay - 1882 - 294 pàgines
...received at the hands of Johnson, may also be here quoted : — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity, a child : With native...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, e'en among the great : A safe companion,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1882 - 544 pàgines
...satisfaction no doubt XI. ON MR. GAY,1 IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. OF manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : With...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the great : A safe companion,... | |
 | John Gay - 1882 - 398 pàgines
...received at the hands of Johnson, may also be here quoted : — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity, a child : With native...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, e'en among the great : A safe companion,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pàgines
...as ever I knew." —SWIFT, To Lady Betty Germainc, Jan. 1733. t " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en among the great : A safe companion,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 pàgines
...as ever 1 knew." — SWlFT, to Lady Betty Germaine, Jan. 1733. **) "Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en among the great: A safe companion,... | |
 | Edmund Goldsmid - 1885 - 120 pàgines
...Verses, written by Pope, who lived always in great Friendship with Gay. Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild ; In Wit, a Man ; Simplicity, a Child : With...temp'ring virtuous Rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the Age : Above Temptation in a low Estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great. A safe Companion,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 pàgines
...humour.' You know what Pope says of him in the Epitaph:— VOL. II. T ' Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Formed to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en... | |
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OF manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child : With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted ev'n among the great : 6 A safe companion,... 
