 | 1784 - 1282 pages
...opinion, that virtue was the foam* bonum of man ; and this opinion has been adopted by Mr. Pope : " Know then this truth, enough for man to know, " Virtue alone is happinefs below." I am rather inclined, notwithftanding, to adopt the qpini"1 of the learned and pious Dr. Young ; namely,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...of Senfe, tie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence. POPI. CHAP. XVI. ON VIRTUE. KNOW thou this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone...Happinefs below." The only point where human blifs ftands ftill, And taftes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only Merit conftant pay receives,... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - English language - 1785 - 198 pages
...fpeak to them that know the law) how that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as he liveth f ? Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happinefs below J." This prophetic difcernment not only prefents them the barren profpeft of futurity (a profpect not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, ATale, that blends their glory with their fhame ! Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) " Virtue alone is Happinefs below," 310 Theonly point where human blifs (lands ftill, Andtaftes the good without the fall to ill; Where... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 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 only point wher-j human blifs flands ftill, And' taftes the good without the fall to ill ;... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...for man to know) " Virtue alone js happinefs below." The only point where human blifs (lands (till, And taftes the good without the fall to ill : Where only merit conftant pay receives, Is Weft in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy uncquall'd, if its end... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A Tale, that blends their glory with their fkame 1 Know then this truth {enough for man to know.) ' Virtue...happinefs below.' The only point where human blifs flands flill, And fafles the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit conflant pay receives,... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...and magnificence due to their quality and eminent virtues. VIRTUE THE SOLE FOUNDATION OF HAPPINESS. KNOW then this truth (enough for man to know) Virtue...happinefs below. The only point where human blifs ftands ftill, And taftes the good without the fall to ill; Where Where only Merit conftant pay receives,... | |
 | 1796 - 246 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...happinefs below." The only point where human blifs ftands ftill, And taftcs that good without the fall to ill; 7 Where only merit conftant pay receives,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A talc, that blends their glory with their Ihamt! Know then this truth — (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happincfs below." The only point where human blifs (rands flill, And talle« the good without the fall... | |
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Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below. 
