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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. "
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of ... - Page 424
by James Hardie - 1801
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 79-80

John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 412 pages
...despis'd ev'ry soul she met here, And now she's in th' other, she thinks it but queer. MY OWN EPITAPH. LIFE is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. CONTENTS Of THE SECOND VOLUME OF GAY. Page EPISTLES. I oa Lady. Occasioned by the arrival...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 1799 - 456 pages
...Fables;" which will be read and dmired so long as any taste for hat kind of writing shall exist. Ic died 1732, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, with this...a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, hut now I know it." GAZA (THEODORE) a very eminent grammarian, and translator of Greek writings, born...
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Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey - London (England) - 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;...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 588 pages
...every soul she met here, And, now she's in t' other, she thinks it but queer. MY OfF.V EPITAPH. Lire is a jest, and all things show it : I thought so once, but now 1 know it • _ A MOTTO TOR THE OPERA or MVTIUS sc;tvor.A '. WHO hereblumes words, or verses, songs,...
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A New Biographical Dictionary:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 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,...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 7

English literature - 1816 - 604 pages
...Patrick. Facetious exit ! Mr. Trotter's head must have been full of the poet's pretty blasphemy ; " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once and now I know it." But we forbear pursuing this subject further. We shall leave the matter in the...
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Voyage en Angleterre, pendant les anneés 1810 et 1811: avec des ..., Volume 2

Louis Simond - Great Britain - 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...
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An authentic history of the Cato-street conspiracy; with the trials of the ...

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, Tomer of London. The following verses were written by Brunt, in Newgate, on the...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern

William Graham - Epitaphs - 1821 - 338 pages
...Tragedies. JOHN GAY, Died December 4, 1732, aged 45. The short Epitaph on the front was written by himself. Life is a jest, and all things show it : I thought so once, but now I know it. Underneath are these verses by Mr. POPE — Of manners gentle, of affections mild, In wit...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 266 pages
...despised every soul she met here, And now she's in the' other, she thinks it but queer. MY OWN EPITAPH. LIFE is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. END OF VOL. XXVIII. C. CB^ltting'bam, (tollege tywet, ' ft r jUL ...
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