 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil : Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, 15 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where; •Tis...And fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learn'd the way ? the learn'd are blind: This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; 20... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...the culture, not the foil : Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fmeere, "fis no where to be found, or every where : "Tis never to be bought, but always free, And fled from monareh*, ST. JOHN ! dwells with thee. Afkof thcLearn'd the way? TheLearn-'d are blind; This bids to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the foil : Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fincere, 15 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where : 'Tis never...free, And fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thec. Afk of the learn'd the way ? The learn'd are blind : This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...culture, not the foil : Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fmcere, ,5 'Tis no where to be found, or every where : 'Tis never to be bought, but always free....This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind ; 20 Some VARIATION. Ver. 1. Oh Happinefs ! &c.] in the MS. thus, Oh Happinefs, to which we all afpire,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...'Tis never to be bought, but always free, And fled from monarchs, St. JOHN ! dwells with thee. Aflc of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind : This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind ; z0 Some VARIATION. Ver. 1 . Oh Happinefs ! &c.] in the MS. thus, Oh Happinefs, to which we all afpire,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...culture, not the foil : Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fincere, 15 'Tis no where to be found, or every where : 'Tis never to be bought, but always free,...And fled from monarchs, St. JOHN ! dwells with thee. Aflc of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind : This bids to ferve, and that to mun mankind ;... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...if vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not the foil. Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fmcere, 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where; 'Tis never...learn'd the way: the learn'd are blind; This bids to lerve, and that to fhuu mankind. fi Some place the blifs ill adtion, fome in eaf?; Thofe call it pleafure,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1781 - 412 pages
...forc'd by fate I truft in thee, and know in whom I truft For which we bear to live, nor fear to die Alk of the learn'd the way ; the learn'd are blind ; This bids to ferve, and that to flmn mankind. This next verfe has no harmony, becaufe monofyllable the, in the place of a long fylla!... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...vain outtoil,. We ought to blame the culture, not the foil;. Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fincere, 'Tis no where to be found,. or ev'ry where ; 'Tis...monarchs, St. John .'-dwells with thee. Afk of the Learn' d the way? The Learn'd are blind : This. bids to ferve, and that to ftum mankind; Some place... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the foil: Fix'd to no fpot is Happinefs fincere, 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where ; 'Tis never...The Learn'd are blind ; This bids to ferve, and that to,fhun mankind : Some place the blifs in aftion, fome in eafe, Thofe call it Pleafure, and Contentment... | |
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Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows? where grows it not ? if vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. 
