 | 1780 - 498 lehte
...whofe line* on the lubjeft J wi|l tranfcribe for you, as you may n,ot hav? (hem at hand. • . / " Know then this truth (enough for man to know), Virtue alone is happinefs below ; The only point where human blifs (lands (lill, And tailes the good, without the fall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 lehte
...or arms of Queens who lay, How happy thofe to ruin, thefe betray. IBID. p. ')•. . HUMAN FELICITY. KNOW then this truth (enough for Man to know) " Virtue alone is happinefs below." The only point where human blifs ftands ftill, And taftes the good without the fall... | |
 | 1784 - 1282 lehte
...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... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1785 - 198 lehte
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 lehte
...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... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 lehte
...pompous fhade. Alas ! not da22led with their noon-tide ray, 305 Compute the morn and evening to 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 lehte
...pompous fliade. Alas i not dazzled with their noon-tide ray, Compute the morn and cv'ning to the day • The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their ft'ame t Know Kno-v then this truth — (enough for man to " Virtue alone is happincfs below/1 [know)... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 lehte
...pompous (hade, Alas! not dazzled with their noan-tfdc ray, Compute the morn and ev'ning to the day; ' howtheworldwagj; 'Tis but an hour ago fince it wa? uine ; And after one hour (name! Know then this truth— (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone js happinefs below." The only... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 lehte
...pompous Ilia Ic. Alas ! not dazzled with their neon-tide ray, Compite the morn and ev'ning to 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 alone is happinefs below.' The only... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1794 - 564 lehte
...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 alone is happinefs below. The only point where human blifs ftands ftill, And taftes the good without the fall... | |
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Compute the morn and evening to the day ? The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale that blends their glory with their shame ! Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below. 
