 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...the Soil. Fix'd to no Spot is Happinefs fincere ; 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where. Afcof the Learn'd the Way, the Learn'd are blind, This bids to ferve, and that to fhun Mankind : Some place the Blifs in Action, fome in Eafe, Thofe call it Pleafure, and Contentment thef*. Take... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the, foil : Fix'd to no fpot is Happinefs fmceres if "Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where: 'Tis never...fled from monarchs, St. JOH.N ! dwells with thee. THE two /oregoing epiiHes having considered Man with regard' to the Means (that is,<in all his relations,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...culture, not the foil : Fix'd to no fpot is happinefs fincere, ij 'Tis no where to be found, or every where : Tis never to be bought, but always free, And...blind: This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind; 20 VARIATION. Ver. i. Oh Happinefs, &c.] in the MS. thus : Oh Happinefs, to which we all afpire, Wing'd... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...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...monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Afk of the learn 'd the way ? The learn'd are blind ; This bids i0 ferve, and that to fliun mankind ; Some plate... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 454 pages
...; for this regard to verbal accuracy and elegance Epicurus, fo far from attending to, delpifcd 1. " Afk of the learn'd the way— the learn'd are blind, This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind : Some place the btifs in aftion, fome in eafe, Thefe call it pleafure, and contentment thefe; Some,... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 386 pages
...his Ethic Epiftles, thus comments on the opinions of the ancient philofophers on happinefs :— Aflc of the learn'd the way ; the learn'd are blind ; This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind; Some place the blifs in aftion, fome in eafe, Thefe call it pleafure, and contentment thefe: Who thus... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...culture, not tfie foil: Fix'd to no fpot i* happinefs fmcere, ' I'is 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. [blind : Aflc of the learn'd the way ï The learn'd are This bids to ferve, and that to (hun mankind;... | |
 | Aulus Gellius - Civilization, Greco-Roman - 1795 - 398 pages
...Ethic Epiftles, thus comments on the opinions of the ancient philofophers on happinefs :— ( Aflc of the learn'd the way ; the learn'd are blind ; This bids to ferve, and that to fhun mankind; Some place the blifs, in aftion, fome in eafe, Thefe call it pleafure, and contentment thefe : Who... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 220 pages
...if vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not the foil. Fix'd to uo fpot is happinefs fincefe, Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where ; 'Tis never to be bought, but always free. And fled from monarehs, St. John, dwells with thee. Afk of the learn'd the way ; the learn'd are 'Wind : This bids... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil: Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where: 'Tis never...And fled from monarchs, St. John, dwells with thee. Ask of the learn'd the way? the learn' dare blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; Some... | |
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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. 
