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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... "
Bell's Edition - Page 235
by John Bell - 1796
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the English poets (cont ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...writings, 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...
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Floral Emblems

Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...little white flowers, which are more frequently found in neglected banks than in cultivated grounds. " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child." Pope. INGRATITUDE. YELLOW GENTIAN.—Gentiana lutea. The strictest care and the greatest art of the...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he died. Pope. EPITAPH ON MR. GAT. 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,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. tu MR. GAY, In ffettmineter Abbey, 1732. serene, not a hreath And no dim clond o'ercasts the solemu scene ; nota Around her silve bumour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age. Above temptation, in a...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...essayed to commemorate his merits as an author, and his character as a man. Of manners gentle, and affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child; With native humour tempting virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age, Above temptation in a low estate,...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...essayed to commemorate his merits as an author, and his character as a man. Of manners gentle, and affections mild. In wit a man, simplicity a child ; With native humour tempting virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age, Above temptation in a low estate,...
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An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey: Its Monuments and ...

Westminster Abbey - London (England) - 1827 - 218 pages
...know it. Underneath are these verses by Mr. Pope, who lived always in great friendship with Mr. Gay. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man,...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 thy...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...valued but by men like himself. — Basselas. EPITAPH ON THE POET GAY, In Westminster Abbey, 1732. In manners gentle; of affections mild; In wit a man; simplicity a child; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Proud to delight at once and lash the age; Above temptation in a low estate,...
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The Poetical Works, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that hi* died.. ON MR. GAT. In Westminster Mbey, 1730. OP manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : °Wiih native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 20

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...may prove a disci-edit, as lasting as mercenary scribblers, or curious simpletons, can make it. Pope. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child. Id. Among substances, some are called limpie, some compound, whether taken in a philosophical or vulgar...
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