 | Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 страници
...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,... | |
 | James Hardie - 1801 - 526 страници
...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... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1817 - 478 страници
..., 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... | |
 | J. Taylor - 1822 - 220 страници
...holy text around she strews ' To teach the rustic moralist to die." When we meet with such lines as " Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it." we are inclined to think the witty author of them had no other intention than that... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 страници
...often condemned for its levity, and can never be relished for its point, is engraved upon the ledge: . Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are the affectionate lines in which Pope essayed to commemorate his merits... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 страници
...condemned for its levity, and can never be relished for its point, is engraved upon the ledge: — Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are the affectionate lines in which Pope essayed to commemorate his merits... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1879 - 1136 страници
...they would defend Asia Minor ; and in the words of Gay'a epitaph, he believed the whole thing was " A jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, and now I know it ! " SIE JOHN KENNAWAY thought he should reduce the discussion to a practical turn by not following... | |
 | John Landseer - 1834 - 534 страници
...The couplet which (copied from his own works) is inscribed on the tomb of our poetical fabulist— " Life is a. jest, and all things show it: I thought so once, and now—I know it," with the change of a single word, would not ill serve as an exposition—at least... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 422 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
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Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. 
