 | Wilbur Fisk - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 746
...among others, the facetious poet, John Gay, has the following, written by himself : — " Lift- ia a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it." Not so — by this time he has doubtless discovered that life is a momentous reality : short, it is... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 754
...epitaphs ; among others, the facetious poet, John Gay, has the following, written by himself : — " Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it" Not so — by this time he has doubtless discovered that life is a momentous reality : short, it is... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...door is a monument to the memory f Gay; consisting of a pyramid, medallion, and boy, on a pelestal. Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, hut now I know it. Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit a man, simplicity a child. With native... | |
 | Westminster abbey - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...pastoral. The short epitaph on the front was written by himself. It is censured by some for its levity — Life is a jest, and all things show it: I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Mr. Pope, who lived always in great friendship with... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 294
...Shakspeare's tablet, I saw near it the monument of the author of the " Seasons." " James Thomson, .Matis 48, obit, 27th August, 1748. Tutored by thee, sweet...and all things show it : I thought so once, and now 1 know it." John Gay was considered a sensible man; but he has probably had occasion to change his... | |
 | 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 142
...pastoral. The short epitaph on the front was written by himself. It is censured by some for its levity — Life is a jest, and all things show it: I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Mr. Pope, who lived always in great friendship with... | |
 | 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 320
...— nimiely farce, satire, fable, and pastoral : — \-.. „ . • Vt'.hi » v••,i«' '.'.'. . Life is a jest, and all things show It : '' I thought so once, hut now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Pope : — Of manners gentle, of affections mild... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 298
...earth seek the glory of the Lord of heaven ! The inscription on one of these tombs, • ! "Life 'ea jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it," has led to the Very suitable reflection':— " Life is a solemn scene : this Gay now knows ; Sig with... | |
 | Leopold von Orlich - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...contented, how many dissatisfied ! The epitaph in Westminster Abbey involuntarily rose to my mind : " Life is a jest*, and all things show it : I thought so once, but now I know it." The rising sun on the 30th of July was the harbinger of * Would not dream be a... | |
 | Leopold von Orlich - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...contented, how many dissatisfied! The epitaph in Westminster Abbey involuntarily rose to my mind : " Life is a jest*, and all things show it: I thought so once, but now I know it." The rising sun on the 30th of July was the harbinger of * Would not dream be a... | |
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Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. 
