 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind; That never passion discomposed the mind : But all subsists by elemental strife ; And passions are the elements of life. The gen'ral Order, since the whole began, Is kept in nature, and is kept in man. 6. What would this... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind, That never passion discompos'd the mind : But all subsists by elemental strife ; And passions are the elements of life. 170 The gen'ral order, since the whole began, Is kept in Nature, and is kept in Man. [soar, VI. What... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...perceives to be no other than disguised misery; as there are worldly honours, which, in his estimation, are reproach; so there is a worldly wisdom, which in his sight, is foolishness. The passions are the chief destroyers of our peace; the storms and tempests of the moral world. Heaven... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind : That never passion disconipos'd the mind : But all subsists by elemental strife ; And passions are the elements of lite. The general order, since the whole began) 1$ kept in nature, and is kept in man. [soar, 6. What... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 474 pages
...other than disguised misery ; as there are worldly honours, which in his estimation are reT proach ; so there is a worldly wisdom, which in his sight is foolishness. Of this worldly worldly wisdom the characters, are given SERMON in the context, and placed in contrast... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos'd the mind. ' tliŤ other quick replies, ' Tu jisen, — . I The gen'ml Order, since the Whole began, Is kept in Nature, and is kept in Man. What would this Man... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...all •. irtue here; That never air or ocean felt the wind, That never passion discompos'd the mind. But all subsists by elemental strife ; And passions are the elements of life. 170 The general order, since the whole began, If kept in Nature, and is kept in man. [soar, VI. What... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 446 pages
...all virtue here; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos'd the mind : But all subsists by elemental strife; And passions are the elements of life. \. 157, 8$ scq. Here the Examiner Upbraids Mr. Pope for degrading himself so far as to write to the... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...alt virtue here; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos'd the mind : But all subsists by elemental strife, And passions are "the elements of life. \. 15 7, $ seq> Here the Examiner upbraids Mr; Pope for degrading himself so far as to write to the... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...perceives to be no other than disguised misery; as there are worldly honours, which, in His estimation, are reproach ; so there is a worldly wisdom, which, in His sight, is foolishness. Of this worldly wisdom, the characters are given in the scriptures, and placed in contrast with those... | |
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Better for us, perhaps, it might appear, Were there all harmony, all virtue here; That never air or ocean felt the wind; That never passion discomposed the mind. But all subsists by elemental strife; And passions are the elements of life. 
