...and Duchess of Queensberry2 (the "Kitty, beautiful and young," of 1" Of manners gentle, of affections 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 temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted e'en...

...FENTON, 19 «. XI. 427 On Mr. GAY. In Westminster-Abbey, 1732'. ' Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : With...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,...

...universal Darkness buries Al1. 30 ON MR. GAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732 OF Manners gentle, ot Affections mild; In Wit, a Man ; Simplicity, a Child : With native...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,...

...Westminster-Abbey, 1732. I /~\ F Manners gentle, of Affections mild ; V_/ 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,...

...the most affectionate and sincere of all his posthumous eulogies: Of manners gentle, of affections 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 temptation, in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n...

...best epitaphs (severely criticized by Johnson in his Life of Pope) : Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child : With...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,...

...on Dr. Delany and the best panegyric 1 The epitaph is as follows : Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Formed to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted, ev'n...

...are without any substantive and the epithets without a subject" : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity a child : With native...temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Lord Orrery, your great admirer, saith the word " mixed " suits not so properly the...

...are without any substantive and the epithets without a subject : " Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity a child : With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to deliyht at once and lash the age ; Lord Orrery, your great admirer, saith the word " mixed " suits...

...Verse: Pope's epitaph on Gay in Westminster Abbey reads as follows : 'Of manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit, a Man; Simplicity, a Child: With native...temp'ring virtuous Rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age: Above Temptation, in a Low Estate, And uncorrupted, even among the Great : A safe Companion,...