 The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...  L'essai sur l'homme - Page 144de Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 pages
...our own acquirement, he he concludes [from 1. 298 to 301] that it is to be found in VIRTUE ALONE : Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) Virtue alone is happiness below. Which the Translator turns thus : Appren done qu'il n'est point icy bas de bonheur Si la vertu ne regie... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 pages
...Earth smiles around with boundless bounty blest And Heav n beholds its image in his breast Happiness. Know then this truth enough for man to know Virtue...Is blest in what it takes and what it gives The joy unequal! d if its end it gain And if it lose attended with no pain Without satiety tho e er so blest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...nay, he once turned into ridicule hit lonow on the death of his only son, the Marquis of Blandford. The only point where human bliss stands still, And...blest in what it takes, and what it gives ; The joy unequal' d, if its end it gain, 315 And if it lose, attended with no pain : Without satiety, though... | |
 | 182 pages
...: For modes of faith let senseless zealota fight ; [right. His can't be wrong whose lite is in the Know then this truth, enough for man to know : Virtue alone is happiness below. , Having concluded the address to his chddren, Mr. Powlett proceeds to a dissertation on miracles asd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 190 pages
...smiles around, with boundless bounty blest ; And Heav'n beholds its image in his breast. Happiness. Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) "...blest in what it takes, and what it gives, The joy unequall'd if its end it gain ; And if it lose, attended with no pain : Without satiety, tho' e'er... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 pages
...Earth smiles around with boundless bounty blest And Heav n beholds its image in his breast Happiness. Know then this truth enough for man to know ^ Virtue...Is blest in what it takes and what it gives The joy unequal! d if its end it gain And if it lose attended with no pain Without satiety tho e er so blest... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...? The Exclamation point ! Parentheses ( ) as, Are you sincere ? How excellent is a grateful heart ! Know then this truth (enough for man to know) Virtue alone is happiness below. The following characters are also frequently used in composition. Aa -Apostrophe, marked thus '; as, tho',... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequall'd, if its end it gain, 315 ' Know then this truth (enough for man to know) « Virtue alone is happiness below.' 310 Good, from each object, from each place acquir'd, For ever exercis'd, yet never tir'd ; Never elated,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 190 pages
...breast. Happiness. ** Virtue alone is happiness below :" Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill i "Where only merit constant pay receives} The joy unequall'd if its end it gain ; Is blest in whaf... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 292 pages
...lives may correspond to it ; and that your happiness here, may be an earnest of happiness hereafter. " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue...bliss stands still ; And tastes the good, without the fail to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes, and what it gives... | |
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