OH happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ? whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'er-look'd, seen... The Harbinger of health - Seite 202von Andrew Jackson Davis - 1861 - 428 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...and aim! Goods Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts th* eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, 5 O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 Seiten
...consists in a conformity tu the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter. HAPPINESS! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure,...whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts th'eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...CHAP. XV. On Happiness. "a Happiness ! our being's end and aim I Good , Pleasure , Ease ,jContent ! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts...eternal sigh, For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still *o near us , yet beyond us lies ; O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool, and wise. Plant... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 Seiten
...consists in a conformity to the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it hereafter, 327, &c. OH, Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure,...whate'er thy name ; That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 Seiten
...clay, And inconsistent dreams of day. HAPPINESS. FROM POPE'S ESSAY ON HAS. On Happiness! our heing's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er...name; That something still which prompts the eternal jigh, For which we hear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet heyond us lies, O'erlook'd,... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 Seiten
...all the cares of waking clay, And inconsistent dreams of day. HAPPINESS. IBOM POPE'S ESSAY ON MAH. OR Happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure,...whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...consentiens et dissentiens, consonans et dissonans, unum etiam ex omnibus, omniaque ex uno." 46. O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content, whate'er thy name.* He begins his address to Happiness after the manner of the ancient hymns, f by enumerating the titles... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 Seiten
...consentiens et dissentiens, consonans et dissonans, unum etiam ex omnibus, omniaque ex uno." 46. O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content, whate'er thy name.'1' He begins his address to Happiness after the manner of the ancient hymns,']' by enumerating... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...to it here and hereafter. / \ Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! ^-' Good,pleasure,ease,content! whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts...eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erloolt'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant... | |
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 258 Seiten
...fashionable moderns, and the poets, can make as entertaining a tour as the best of them." CHAP. VIII. Oh, Happiness ! our being's end and aim, Good, Pleasure,...Ease, Content, whate'er thy name, That something still that prompts th'eternal sigh, For which we bear to live and dare to die, Which still so near us, yet... | |
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