| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Epitaphs - 1902 - 584 pages
...now I know it. Another : — Of manners gentle, of affection mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child j 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 great j A safe companion,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 552 pages
...and Duchess of Queensberry2 (the "Kitty, beautiful and young," of 1" Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man; simplicity, a child; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Fonn'd to delight at once and lash the age; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 582 pages
...FENTON, 19 «. XI. 427 On Mr. GAY. 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,... | |
| Alexander Pope - Catholics - 1906 - 198 pages
...universal Darkness buries Al1. 30 ON MR. GAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732 OF Manners gentle, ot 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, ev'n among the Great: A safe Companion,... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1907 - 568 pages
...Westminster-Abbey, 1732. I /~\ F Manners gentle, of Affections mild ; V_/ 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 : A safe Companion,... | |
| Henry Charles Shelley - Great Britain - 1908 - 456 pages
...the most affectionate and sincere of all his posthumous eulogies: Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man; simplicity, a child: With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Fonn'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1909 - 570 pages
...best epitaphs (severely criticized by Johnson in his Life of Pope) : 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,... | |
| George Paston - 1909 - 420 pages
...on Dr. Delany and the best panegyric 1 The epitaph is as follows : 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, ev'n... | |
| Jonathan Swift - Authors, Irish - 1913 - 522 pages
...are without any substantive and the epithets without a subject" : " 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 ; Lord Orrery, your great admirer, saith the word " mixed " suits not so properly the... | |
| Jonathan Swift - Authors, Irish - 1913 - 522 pages
...are without any substantive and the epithets without a subject : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity a child : With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to deliyht at once and lash the age ; Lord Orrery, your great admirer, saith the word " mixed " suits... | |
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