 Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.  The Sportsman - Sida 172Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 sidor
...So that I consider the poet, as not going the whole length of the foundation of happiness, when he " Reason's whole pleasure ; all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence."* For thougli without these, little pleasure can be enjoyed J yet, even with these, little can be enjoyed,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 190 sidor
...human nature. Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. Having thus begun to throw off the restraints of reason, he was soon hurried into deplorable excesses.... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 sidor
...sHfcks all common sense. — Know , all the good that individuals find , Or good and nature meant to mere mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys...Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. The progress of life (a). ALL the world's a stage , . And all the men and women merely players » They... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 sidor
...successive rise : So generations in their course decay ; So flourish these, when those have past away. Reason's whole pleasure, all the- joys of sense, Lie...Competence. But Health consists with Temperance alone, And Peace, O Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. 'Content is competence; nay more, 'tis wealth. Labour is... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...madmen in the heaps they raise. Know, all the goed that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys...Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence. SWEETNESS. AN ODE. BY MR. ROBERTSON. OF damask cheeks and radiant eyes, Let other poets tell ; Within... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 216 sidor
...common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, , Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence ; Bui health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, O virtue ! peace is all thy owa. On earth... | |
 | Angus Umphraville - 1817 - 180 sidor
...on Man, says : " Happiness to no single spot confin'd " Is no where to be found, or ev'ry where. " Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, "...in three words — Health, Peace, and Competence." An anonymous writer has briefly expressed a just opinion on the subject: '' Content makes any lot a... | |
 | Thomas Nugent - 1818 - 690 sidor
...happier, shocks all common К now , all ihe good that individuals find , Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joy.s of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, ana competence. The progress of life *. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 sidor
...common tense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie...competence. But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, Oh, virtue ! peace is all thy own. On earth, nought precious is obtain'd But what is painful... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 826 sidor
...madmen in the heaps they raise. Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys...Competence, But Health consists with Temperance alone ; And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain ; But these... | |
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