 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
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 lehte
...of a winged boy holding a medallion portrait, of him who, in the words of Pope's inscription, was " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child," suggests more interesting recollections. The author of the most popular of English musical pieces,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 lehte
...read, or compose." — Spence's Anec. p. 19. Singer's ed. XL ON MR. GAY, IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY, 1732. 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,... | |
 | 1847 - 540 lehte
...MRS. CHW ESLING. MECHANIC.— (See BLACKSJHTH.) MEDICINE. — (See DISIASE.) MEEKNESS — MILDNESS. 1. Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit, a man — simplicity, a child. POPE. 2. Though sprightly, gentle ; though polite, sincere ; And only of thyself a judge severe. BEATTIK.... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1894 - 508 lehte
...The words inscribed upon Gay's monument might, with equal truthfulness, be Caliguy's epitaph : — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child." PAPERS PUBLISHED. — MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS RECEIVED. 1837. New Principles on the Oscillations of Water,... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1894 - 522 lehte
...The words inscribed upon Gay's monument might, with equal truthfulness, be Caliguy's epitaph : — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child." PAFEBS PUBLISHED. — MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS RECEIVED. 1837. New Principles on the Oscillations of Water,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 lehte
...glories gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. XI. ON MR. GAY, m WBSTMINSTER-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,... | |
 | 1853 - 384 lehte
...He die* in 1732, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, honoured and lamented by all who knew him— " Of manners gentle, of affections mild. In wit a man, simplicity a child." Whilst touching on tha burying places of the great, it may not be amiss to observe that the ground... | |
 | 1851 - 364 lehte
...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 j With native humour, temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once, and lash the age ; Above... | |
 | 1851 - 506 lehte
...Captain Walter Adams, who departed this life on the 30th September 1834, aged 26 years and 4 months. Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child. Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Susannah Robinson, died 8th April 1838, aged 70 years. Here ltdli Henrietta... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 lehte
...a winged boy holding a medallion portrait of him who, in the words of Pope's inscription, was — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child," suggests more interesting recollections. The author of the most popular of English musical pieces,... | |
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