 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...of the learn'd the way*. The learn'd are blind* ; This bids to serve', and that to shun mankind* : Some place the bliss in action', some in ease* ; Those call it pleasure', and contentment these* : Same sunk to beasts', find pleasure end in pain* ; Some swell'd to gods', confess ev'n virtue \a\n"*... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1827 - 368 pages
...satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient, for he that is content wants nothing." " Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these ; Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some, swelled to gods, confess e'en virtue vain."... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...evident. Industry is the guardian of innocence. Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them. • Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these. Mirth I consider as an act, cheerfulness as a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...' Aik of the leam'd the way ; the loam'd are blind; This bide to serve, and that to shun mankind ; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these. Pop«. Euay on Man. Upon my Hiking her who it was, she told me it was a very grave elderly gentleman,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...of the learn'd the way« Tlie Icarn'd are blind ; , This bids to serve, jind that to shun mankind : Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these : Some sunk to beasts, And pleasure end in pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain; Or... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...loud praise, and friend to learned case, Content with science in the vale of peace. Pope'i Epullei. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease; Those call it pleasure, and contentment the«. Id. Яшуг The shield was not long after incrustad with a nt» mst, and is the same, a cut... | |
 | David Booth - 1830 - 516 pages
...(hi* referring to the noun, or to the phrase, last spoken, and that to what was first mentioned. " Some place the bliss in action, some in ease; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these." In the preceding application of this and that, they may be termed Relatives, rather than Demonstratives,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...3 Ask of the learn'd the way? The learn'd are blind: This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these; Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain; Some, swell'd to gods, confess e'en virtue vain; Or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...Ask of the learned the way I Tho learned are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; pair. And now, when busy crowds retire, To tttke their evening rest, The her hit trimmed h : Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; I POPE.] ENGLISH LITERATURE. 179 The 'Essay on'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...of the learn'dthe way? The learn'd arc blind: This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; 20 Sime gmn ai@{ / S- 'ЦК, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain : Some, swell'd to gods, confess e'en virtue vain... | |
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