...himself) engraved 1654. on his tomb : GATAKER (CHARLES) son of the preceding, and a writer on con-* Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, hut now I know it." 'troversial divinity, born i6i4,dted GAZA (THEODORE) a very 1680. eminent grammarian, and translator...

...was buried in Westminster Abbey with this epitaph, written by himself, engraved on his tomb : — " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; " I thought so once ; but now I know it." o ft GESNER, (SOLOMON) the celebrated author of the death of Abel, and many other...

...wryttene by- the hande of kynge Henrye the Sixthe of the name, and faythfullye copyed by me Johau " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, " In wit a man, simplicity a child." Dyke's epitaph is given by Anthony Wood in his History of the Colleges. 70 Leyland Antiquarius, by...

...in the year 1732. The two lines beneath it, written by Mr. Pope, will give his character fully : ' Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child.' " Beside him is the- head of Madame de Sevigne, esteemed for the sentiment and elegance of her pen....

...fut enterré à l'abbaye de Westminster, et Pope lui fit une épitaphe qui le peint parfaitement : Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit, a man; simplicity a child ; AVith native humour tempering virtuous rage; Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation...

...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...

...himself) engraven nished ; only ihc first twelve books on his tomb : oftheCHd Testament being printed, ** Life Is a jest« and all things show It : I thought so once, but now I know it." occupying two vols. 4*0. the first of which was published in 1793, and the second...

...April 22, 1717; and was buried at Tarbick. P. 121. "John Gay, the ingenious Poet, whom Pope styles " Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child ;" yet this character is proved untrue, by the strong passions he wa* possessed of, which hurt him...

...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,...

..., dont le style est trop léger pour le lieu et pour le sujet , et qui sentent un peu l'impiété : Life is a jest and all things show it, I thought so once , but now I know it. Les soins qui occupent la vie du commun des hommes peuvent bien être vains et...