 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...  The heirs of Villeroy - Page 223by Henrietta Rouvière Mosse - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 lehte
...satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died. XI. ON MR, GAY. IN WKSTMI.NSTSR-ABBEY, 1732. wearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Wher : With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Fonn'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1839 - 604 lehte
...and boy, on a pelestal. Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, hut now I know it. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 lehte
...writings, censure could find very 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,... | |
 | Westminster abbey - 1841 - 214 lehte
...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, simplicity a child ; • • With native humour, temp ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age... | |
 | John Gay - 1842 - 236 lehte
...Westminster Abbey, where a monument, with an affectionate inscription by Pope, is erected to him. OK 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,... | |
 | 1844 - 320 lehte
...things show It : '' I thought so once, hut now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Pope : — Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child ; With native humour, temp'ring virtuous ra^e, Porm'd to delight at once, and laah the age ; Above... | |
 | Catherine Grace Frances Gore - 1844 - 944 lehte
...Myrton veered round to the duke, praising the grave simplicity of his manners and disposition. — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child ! " quoted the heiress, laughing immoderately. "But if my poor dear cousin's mild affections were only... | |
 | 1844 - 142 lehte
...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, simplicity a child ; With native humour, temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age; Above temptation... | |
 | 1876 - 818 lehte
...Pope, also his friend, composed the following lines, in which his character is well pourtrayed : — " 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... | |
 | C. Ludovic - 1846 - 402 lehte
...I know it." Aber am Piedestal steht die Grabschrift, welche ihm Pope, sein intimer Freund, widmete: „Of manners gentle, of affections mild : In wit a man, simplicity a child; With native humour, temp'ring virtuos rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age; Above temptation... | |
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