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 to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is... Essai sur l'homme - Seite 76von Alexander Pope - 1850 - 82 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Lindley Murray - 1817 - 356 Seiten
...happiness here, may be an earnest of happiness hereafter. " Know then this truth, (enough for manto-know,) Virtue alone is happiness below : The only point where...fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, '4 Is bless'd in what it takes, and what it gtves ; The joy unequali'd, if its end it gain, And if... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1819 - 222 Seiten
...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...fall to ill Where only merit constant pay receives fs blest in what it takes and what it gives The joy unequall d if its end it gain And if it lose attended... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 Seiten
...with boundless bounty blett And heav n beholds its image in his breast * Happiness. Know then (his truth enough for man to know Virtue alone is happiness...stands still And tastes the good without the fall lo ill Where only merit constant pay receives Is l»lc-! in what it takes and what it gives The joy... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 Seiten
...Exclamation point, ! The Parenthesis, () 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. An Apostrophe, marked thus ' : as, "tho'.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 Seiten
...(enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happiness helow.' 3 10 SCO The ouly point where homan hliss stands still And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where ouly merit constant pay receives, Is hless'd in what it takes, and what it gives ; The joy unequail'd,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 Seiten
...the day, The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shameKnow then this truth, (enough for man to know) "Virtue...And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where oply merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequal, if... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...the day ; The whole amount of tliat enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame! h, swift, or slow, Swarm populous, unnumber'd as the...winds, and poise Their lighter wings. To whom these ; w here only merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives ; The joy unequall'd,... | |
| 1816 - 598 Seiten
...truth, the «olden assertion of our best moral poet, conveyed in the following memorable lines : " Know then this truth— enough for man to know Virtue alone is happiness below." Scio. MR. EDITOR, in a small tract, to be hnd at your publisher's and other booksellers. I would rtfer... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 Seiten
...vie ; Alors que reste-t-il de toute leur splendeur? Une page où se lit leur honte et leur grandeur. VII. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know)...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 Seiten
...page où se lit leur honte et leur grandeur. VII. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) <t Virtue alone is Happiness below. » The only point...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... | |
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