 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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Pagina 64di Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pagine
...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... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pagine
...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 thy 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagine
...aim I Good , Pleasure , Ease ,jContent ! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts the 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 of celestial... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pagine
...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,...to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlooked, seen double by the fool and wise; Plant of celesii il seed ! if dropMl below, Say, in what... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...and aim ! ^-' Good,pleasure,ease,content! whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts the' 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 of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below, Say in... | |
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 258 pagine
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pagine
...the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter, ver. 326, &c. EPISTLE IV. OH Happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure,...prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or da™ to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pagine
...And bade Self-love and Social be the same. POPE. CHAP. XV. ON HAPPINESS. OH Happiness .' our beings end and aim ; Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er...eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; M Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool, and wise. Plant... | |
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