 | Mr. Addison - 1797 - 712 pages
...Good, • . Or change admits, or nature lets it fall; Short and but rare, till man improv'd it all. Know then this truth (enough for man to know) Virtue...the good without the fall to ill; Where only merit conftant pay receives, Js bleft in what it takes and what it gives; The joy unequal'd if its end it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame! Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below." The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall... | |
 | Mary De La Garde, Sarah Guppy - 1800 - 112 pages
...are thus elegantly pointed out by that charming poet who is fo juftly the boaft of. his country. " Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue...happinefs below !" The only point where human blifs ilands ftill, And tafi.es the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit conftant pay receives,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, fi. Tale, that blends their glory with their fhamc ! Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) * Virtue alone is Happincfs beJow." The only point where human blifs ftands ¡till, And taftes the good without the fall... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...the body of a fentence obliquely, and which may be omitted without injuring the conftruftion : as, " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happinefs below." " And was the ranfom paid ? It was : and paid (What can exalt his bounty more?) for thee." "To gain... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...for man to know,) " Virtue alone is Happinefs be'ow." •> The only point where human blifs ftands ftill And taftes the good without the fall to ill; Where only Merit conftant pay receives, Is bleft in what it takes, and what it gives j The joy unequall'd if its end... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...the body of a sentence obliquely, and which may be omitted without injuring the construction : as, " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know.) Virtue alone is happiness below." " And was the ransom paid ? It was : and paid (What can exalt his bounty more ?)... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...the day ? The whole amount of that enormous fame, A Tale, that blends their glory with their fhame ! Know then this truth (enough for Man to know), *' Virtue alone is Happinefs below." 310 The COMM ENTARY. VER. 309. Know then this truth, &c.] Having thus at length fhewn that Happinefs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...the day ? The whole amount of that enormous fame, A Tale, that blends their glory with their fhame ! Know then this truth (enough for Man to know), " Virtue alone is Happinefs below." 310 The COM M ENT AR Y. VER. 309. Know then this truth, £sV.] Having thus at length {hewn that Happinefs... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...the day; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame ! Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below." 44 The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the... | |
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Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below. 
