 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 sivua
...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... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 sivua
...lay hid in night ; God said, " Let Newton be !" and all was light. On Mr. Gay. ' 'Of *Mmmere gentlft, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 sivua
...censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. / • On Mr. GAY. In Westminster- Abbey, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate,... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 748 sivua
...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 sivua
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 sivua
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. XL On Mr. GAY. In Westminster- Abbey, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age; Above temptation, in a low estate... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sivua
...temp' rate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he died. On Mr. Gay. POPE. OF manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child ; With native humor temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low... | |
 | Antoine Toussaint d'. Esquiron de Saint Agnan - 1817 - 352 sivua
..., « A peine obtint le froid bonheur « De dormir dans un cimetière. » (58) « Of manuers genlle, of affections mild, « In wit a man , simplicity a child : « With native humour lemp'ring virtuousrage, « Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : « Above templaiion in a low... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 sivua
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. " ' On Mr. GAY. In Wegtminster-dbbey, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man; simplicity a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 sivua
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. On Mr. GAY. In Westminister-Abbey, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a...; simplicity, a child : -..,,, With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate... | |
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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... 
