...makes new conquests and maintains the past. POPE— Epistle to Mus Blount. With the Works of Voiture. 7 h Ado About Nothing. ActV. Sc.4. L. 41. Compare her POPE — Epitaph XI. 8 "Fis from high Life high Characters are drawn; Л Saint in Crape is twice a...

...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, ev 'n among the great : A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblam'd through life, lamented...

...my brow, Look sour, and hum a tune, as you may now. Epitaph on John 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, in a low estate,...

...so long on this subject."* Gay was buried in Westminster Abbey. His epitaph was written by Pope : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and last the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n among the great : A safe companion,...

...so long on this subject."* Gay was buried in Westminster Abbey. His epitaph was written by Pope : " 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 last the age : Above temptation, in a low estate,...

...fear thy nature : It is too full o' the milk of human kindness. Macbeth, Act i.'Sc. 5. SHAKESPEAKKOf manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child. • . • • A safe companion and an easy friend Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Efita/x...

...have a Friend at Court. Epitaph. On Mr. Gay. In Westminster-Abbey 1732 [written 1733; published 1733] Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit, a Man;...and lash the age; Above Temptation, in a low Estate, 5 And uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great; A safe Companion, and an easy Friend, Unblam'd thro' Life,...

...the tree's inclined. 8872 'Epitaph: On Mr Gay in Westminster Abbey' Of manners gentle, of affectlons ts to fire its destructive agency. MADONNA 19596880 The definition of S & M is Formed to delight at once and lash the age. 8873 'Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton' Nature, and...

...letters, frequently refers to his loss with deep feeling ; and Pope has characterised him as — " Of manners gentle, of affections mild — In wit a man, simplicity a child." Of his Falles — the best in the language — one of the most interesting is the well-known Hare and...

...had said that Gay was more liked than respected, nevertheless wrote him a fond epitaph of his own: Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man; simplicity, a child. . . A safe companion and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. . . 30 Alexander...