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" Of manners gentle, of affection 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 Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Page 225
edited by - 1849
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Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons ..., Volume 1

John Hackett - 1757 - 306 pages
...On the Monument erocted to his Memory by Charhs and Catherine Duke and Duchefs of ^ueenfterry, 1732. Of Manners gentle, of Affection mild ; In Wit, a Man; Simplicity, a Child: With native Humour temp'iing virtuous Rage, Form'd to delight at once and lafh the Age : Above Temptation,...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

502 pages
...inculcated the passion that broke forth in " Absalom" and "Architophel," " Palamon, " and "Arcitc." Here Locke received those rudiments which afterwards...a child." Smith, Rowe, Elkanah, Settle, Churchill tlie Satirist, and Lloyd, may all be added to the bright names of the intellectual world, whose talents...
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A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes ...

Select collection - 1806 - 262 pages
...Alibey. ON MR. JOHN GAY. l/ife is a jest, and all things shew it : I thought so once, but ftow I know it. Of manners gentle, of affection mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child ; With native humour, temp'ring virtuous rage, Fonn'd to delight at once, and lash the age ; Above...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...writings, censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. ON MR. GAY, IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY, 1732, Of manners gentle, of affection 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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The New sporting magazine, Volume 17

1849 - 522 pages
...passion that broke forth in " Absalom" and ' ' Architophel, " ' ' Palamon, ' ' and ' ' A rcite. '' Here Locke received those rudiments which afterwards...; In wit a man, simplicity a child." Smith, Rowe, Elkaoah, Settle, Churchill the Satirist, and Lloyd, may all be added to the bright names of the intellectual...
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Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11

1834 - 430 pages
...epitaph written by Pope is so beantifi that although you have probably read it ver often, I copy it— * Of manners gentle, of affection mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child : With native humor tempering virtuous rage Korm'd to delight at once, and loi-li the age : Above temptation...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...censure could find very little to blame in his life. XI. On MR. GAY. In Westminster Abbey, 1732. ОГ V. Blake : With native humnur temp'rin» virtuous rago, FornVd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation...
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Percy Hamilton; or, The adventures of a Westminster boy

lord William Pitt Lennox - 1851 - 870 pages
...Cecilia, and inculcated the passion that broke forth in " Absalom " and " Architophel," "Palamon," and "Arcite." Here Locke received those rudiments...child." Smith, Rowe, Elkanah, Settle, Churchill the postponed it to some future day. Alas ! I find that among my old cronies, ; " Many a heart that once...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...Thanked heaven that he had lived, and that lie died. XI.— ON MR. GAY, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. OF manners gentle, of affection mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : Formed to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted,...
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Sketches of Travel: Or, Twelve Months in Europe

Horatio King - 1878 - 428 pages
...show it: I thought so once, but now I know it." Underneath are the following lines by Alexander Pope: "Of manners gentle, of affection 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...
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