...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...earth seek the glory of the Lord of heaven ! The inscription on one of these tombs, • ! "Life 'ea jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it," has led to the Very suitable reflection':— " Life is a solemn scene : this Gay now knows ; Sig with...

...prelatic a place. The man. too, on whose monument is inscribed his own impious couplet — ' Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it,' has surely no claims to be honoured by a Church which regards all such ideas of life as awful blasphemies....

...are shocked by that foolish epitaph on Gay's slab, written, I believe, by himself: — " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, and now I know it." But then, even this may excite a train of thought which, though not tending to the credit of the poet's...

...and Handel exhibit ! On the former is the epitaph written by himself and for himself : " Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it." Before the figure of the other is placed the " Messiah," opened at the passage, " I know that my Redeemer...

...Handel exhibit ! On the former, is the epitaph written by himself, and for himself: — " Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it." Before the figure of the other is placed the " Messiah," opened at the passage " I know that my Redeemer...

...monuments of John Gay and Handel exhibit ! On the former, is the epitaph written by himself : " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, and now I know it." Before the figure of the other is placed the " Messiah," opened at the passage " I know that my Redeemer...