 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 74 pages
...as ever l knew." — SWIFT, to Lady Betiy Germaine, Jan. 1733. **) "Of manners gentle, of atfections 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 Iow estate, And uncorrupted e'en among the great: A safe companion,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...Hv'd, and that he died. XI. ON MR GAY, In Westminster-Abbey, 1732. 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, 5 And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great : A safe... | |
 | William Henry Kearley Wright - English literature - 1896 - 508 pages
...23. His monument bears the following eulogium, penned by Pope: 192 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,... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - Fables - 1896 - 172 pages
...which marks his grave bears the wellknown lines composed by Pope: ' 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... | |
 | John Gay - Ballad opera - 1898 - 256 pages
...genauer Abdruek nach den ersten Ausgaben von I728 und I729. Da in den 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'ep among the great: A safe companion,... | |
 | Robinson Ellis, Alfred Denis Godley - English poetry - 1899 - 298 pages
...Was man's heart : Crumble it, and what comes next? Is it God? LXI 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,... | |
 | Austin Dobson - England - 1899 - 428 pages
...mangling it has received at the hands of Johnson, may also be quoted : ' 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... | |
 | Robinson Ellis, Alfred Denis Godley - English poetry - 1899 - 298 pages
...Was man's heart : Crumble it, and what comes next? Is it God? LXI Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild ; In Wit, a Man ; Simplicity, a Child : With native Humour temp'ring virtuous Eage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above Temptation, in a low Estate, And uncorrupted,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1900 - 414 pages
...knew." — SWIFT, To Lady Betty Gcrmaine, Jan. 1733. t " Of manners gentle, of affections mild; 3° 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 e'en among the jjfreaU 35 most thin-skinned... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 pages
...as ever I knew." — SWIFT, To Lady Betty Germainc, Jan. 1733. f " 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,... | |
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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,... 
