 | English poetry - 1796 - 504 pages
...a conformity to'.he order of Providence here, and resignation to it here and hereafter, v. 327, &c. OH Happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure,...whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts ths eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...the Virtues came along , The shepherds lov'd, and Selim bless'd his song. ON HAPPINESS. BY POPE. \Jn happiness ! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure,...still which prompts the eternal sigh , * For which we bear to live , or dare to die •; -Which still so near us , yet beyond us ties , O'erlook'd, seen... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1804 - 218 pages
...the order of Piovidence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter, v. 327, *c. EPISTLE IV. () 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 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 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... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...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 pages
...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, j~ by enumerating the titles... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
