 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...of the earth seek the glory of the Lord of heaven! The inscription on one of these tombs, o " Life's a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now 1 know it," has led to the very suitable reflection :— "Life is a solemn scene ; this Gay now knows;... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 pages
...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 pages
...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 admired works in... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1811 - 490 pages
...himself) engraven nished ; only ihc first twelve books on his tomb : oftheCHd Testament being printed, ** Life Is a jest« and all things show It : I thought so once, but now I know it." occupying two vols. 4*0. the first of which was published in 1793, and the second in 1797, under the... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - 1812 - 340 pages
...inscriptions upon them. On the latter is : " O rare Ben. Jonson !" On the former— " Lifi; is a joke, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it." Surely a sepulchral monument is the last place on which a witticism ought to appear. The chapel of... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - 920 pages
...writings. The short epitaph on the front was written by himself. Life is a jest, and all things shew it, I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are some excellent lines, by Mr. Pope, who always lived in great friendship with Mr. Gay. He died December... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1817 - 478 pages
..., 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 futiles sans que la... | |
 | Louis Simond - 1817 - 476 pages
...trop léger pour le lieu et pour le sujet , et qui sentent UH peu l'impiété : Life is a jest and ail 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 futiles sans que la... | |
 | 1819 - 426 pages
...permitted every one to use his discretion in keeping it. *11. 1782.— JOHN GAY DIED. Life is aje*t, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. It was Gay's last request to Mr. Pope, that these words should be inscribed on his tomb : a remarkable... | |
 | George Theodore Wilkinson - 1820 - 464 pages
...modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, He can't be wrong whose life is in the right. Life's but a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it ! JT BRUNT, Tower of London. The following verses were written by Brunt, in Newgate, on the Sunday... | |
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Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper. 
