...Mr. " Pope, whom I love as my own soul, if you survive " me, as you certainly will, if a stone should mark the " place of my grave, see these words put...jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, but now I know it — " With what else you may think proper." This dying request was executed by that...

...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,...

...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...

...dear Mr. Pope, whom I love as my own soul, if you survive me, as you certainly will, if a stone should mark the place of my grave, see these words put upon it : Life is a jest, and all things shew it, I thought so once, but now -I know it. With what else you may think proper." This dying request...

...Mr: Pope, whom I love as my own soul, if you survive me, as you certainly, will, if a stone should mark the place' of my grave, see these words put upon it : Life is a jest, and all things shew it, I thought so once, but now I know it. With what else you may think proper." This dying request...

..., 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...