 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...town, he gained upwards of I2OO/. ON THE SAME, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 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, And uncorrupted e'en... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 744
...lived, and that he died. XI. ON MR GAY, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. OP 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, And un corrupted, even... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...Criticise, after the manner of Johnson, the following lines: — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man ; simplicity a child : With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Formed to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...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, And uncorrupted, e'en... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 534
...had lived, and that he died. 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, And uncorrupted even... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...bless'd in every strain ! [173* Epitaph on Gay in Westminster Abbey. 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, And uncorrupted e'en... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 228
...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, And uncorrupted, ev'n... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 236
...little to blame in his life. 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. And uncorrupted, ev'n... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 886
...knowledge both of books and human kind." — Essay on Criticism. " 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, And uncorrupted even... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...Newton be ! and all was Light. 743. EPITAPH ON GAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY OP manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Formed to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, even... | |
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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, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the great : A safe companion... 
