Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace... An essay on man. Cornish ed - Seite 78von Alexander Pope - 1798Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...f Heaven still with laughter the vain toil suiveys, , \in I buries madmen in the heaps they raise. Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and...Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence lint Health consists with Temperance alone ; SI And Peace, Oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. 'ITie... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...all the gopd that individuals find, . ,-( Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, lleason's s*: X Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie...health consists with temperance alone; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own. POPE. The true Reward of Virtue. What nothing earthly gives, or can... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 Seiten
...short summer — man a flow'r ; He dies — Alas ! how soon he dies ! The Source of Hafifiiness. ' . Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and comp«tence : But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, O virtue ! peace is all thy own.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 Seiten
...raise. Know, nil the good that individuals find, Or Hod and Nature meant to mere mankind, Hcason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense. Lie in three words. Health, Peace, and Competence, Hut Health consists with Temperance alone ; bl And Peace, Oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. The pood... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 444 Seiten
...be gained only by VIRTUE, namely, by temperance, innocence, and industry : Reason's whole pleasures, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health,...alone, And peace, O Virtue ! peace is all thy own, The first line, Reasons whole pleasures, all the joys of sense, is the most beautiful paraphrases for happiness... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 Seiten
...industry ; and peace, of perfect innocence. But hitherto, the Poet hath only considered health and peace : But health consists with temperance alone, And peace, O Virtue! peace is all thy own. One head yet remains to be spoken to, namely, competence. In the pursuit of health and peace, there... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...skies ? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raise. Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and...Competence. But health consists with temperance alone ; SI And peace, oh Virtue ! peace is all thy own. The good or bad the gifts of fortune gain; But these... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 Seiten
...a short summer—man a flow'rj He dies—Alas !—how soon he dies! \ . r The source of happiness. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie...alone ; And peace, O virtue ! peace is all thy own. Placid emotion. Who can forbear to smile with nature ? Can Thr stormy passions in the bosom roll, While... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 Seiten
...common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, healih, peace, and competence : But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, O virtue ! peace... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 Seiten
...short summer — man a flow'r ; He dies — alus ! — how soon he dies ! The souree of Happiness. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peaee, and eompetenee j But health eonsists with temperanee alone ; Aud peaee, O virtue ! peaee is... | |
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