 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...  Bell's Edition - Page 235by John Bell - 1796Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...affections mild ; Tn wit a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, ForinM to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation...uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great: A safe companion nnd an ealy fr1end, Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end, m 3 These ate thy honours! not that... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 748 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1812 - 788 pages
...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 - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
..., « 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... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...manners gentle, "f affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child i With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash...Above temptation In a low estate. And uncorrupted e'en among the great; A safe companion and an easy friend, Unblam'd through life, lamented In his end.... | |
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