 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 422 ページ
...more idle heads than one : Even Gay took it up, and caused it to be placed on his tombstone. T/ife is a JEST, and all things show it, I thought so once ; but now I know it. This distich calls to my mind PEREDA'S picture of the Desengano de la Vida, at... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - 1838 - 742 ページ
...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... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - 1838 - 746 ページ
...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 - 754 ページ
...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 - 604 ページ
...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 - 214 ページ
...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 - 294 ページ
...monument is an epitaph written by himself, which is no less shocking to good taste than to religion : " Life is a jest, 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 - 142 ページ
...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 - 320 ページ
...— 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... | |
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Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. 
