 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 Seiten
...writings, censure could find very little 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 Seiten
...censure could find very little to blame in his life. I XI. ON MR. GAT. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; ' In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; 'f With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age; Above... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...satisfy'd, Thanlc'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he dy'4. ON MR. GAY, W WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. Or 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 Seiten
...censure could find very little 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... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 746 Seiten
...Thomas Widdrington, of Sherburn Grange, Northumberland, knight, was born NOT. II, 1647; diedApril22, 1717; and was buried at Tarbick. • P. 121. "John...of, which hurt him much, as appears in his Life. I relieve his ' Beggar's Opera' did more harm to unthinking youth, than all that Collins, Tindal, and... | |
 | John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812 - 758 Seiten
...Grange, Northumberland, knight, was born Nov. il, 1647; died April-22, 1717; and was buried at Tarhick. P. 121. "John Gay, the ingenious Poet, whom Pope styles...character is proved untrue, by the strong passions he wat possessed of, which hurt him much, as appears in his Life. I believe his ' Beggar's Opera' did... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 748 Seiten
...Northumberland, knight, was born Nov. 11, 1647; died April 22, 1717; and was buried at Tarbick. • f. 121. " John Gay, the ingenious Poet, whom Pope styles...character is proved untrue, by the strong passions he wai possessed of, which hurt him much, as appears in his Life. I fcelieve his ' Beggar's Opera' did... | |
 | John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812 - 764 Seiten
...121. " John Gay, the ingenious Poet, whom Pope style* '' Of manners gentle, of affections mild, I n wit a man, simplicity a child • ' ' yet this character is proved untrue, by the strong passions he wai possessed of, which hurt him much, as appears in his Life. I believe his ' Beggar's Opera' did... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 788 Seiten
...part of Pope's epitaph on Gay, the following lines being equally applicable to one as the other : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild : In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child." For the credit of Mr .Hodgson it should be observed,that Clotwortîi y the first Earl of Massareene,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 Seiten
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. XL 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,... | |
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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... 
