 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
..., « 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 pagina’s
...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 the age ; 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 pagina’s
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. " ' On Mr. GAY. In Wegtminster-dbbey, 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pagina’s
...censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. On Mr. GAY. In Westminister -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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pagina’s
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. On Mr. GAY. In Westminister-Abbey, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a...; 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... | |
 | Collection - 1821 - 336 pagina’s
...all things show it: I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Mr. POPE- 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,... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pagina’s
...disposition. The following epitaph was written for him by Mr. Pope, who had a most sincere regard for him. Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child ; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en among the great ; A safe companion, and an... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pagina’s
...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 among the great: A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pagina’s
...gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child: With native humour tempering vidimus rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate ; And, ancorrupted, even among the great: A safe companion and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented... | |
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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... 
