 | John Gay - 2003 - 100 ページ
...determine, For diff'rent tastes please diff'rent vermine. MY OWN EPITAPH [Poems on Several Occasions, 1720] Life is a jest; and all things show it, I thought so once; but now I know it. NOTES These notes are inevitably brief. The serious student will consult the comprehensive... | |
 | Frank Beaumier - 2003 - 319 ページ
..."cat" poets, I do not think it politically wise to single out one. Probably not John Gay, who wrote "Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it." Like she said, know who I mean, 'defagaroo. The agent is referring to Ms. Donnelo's... | |
 | Herbert Kaufman - 2004 - 314 ページ
...the cause and effect. Indeed, I think it more a prank and am inclined to apply John Gay's thought: "Life is a jest and all things show it. I thought so once and now I know it." The approaching examinations caused us anxiety, and we were busy with the usual cramming and rote memorization... | |
 | Nigel Williams, Marcus Harvey - 2004 - 162 ページ
...a phrase he referred to regularly in all aspects of his life that epitomises his subversive spirit: Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it. Contextualising the play Walpole is generally recognised as being Britain's first... | |
 | 1978 - 364 ページ
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Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. 
