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If the great end be human happiness , Then nature deviates ; and can man do
less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as
of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever ...
If the great end be human happiness , Then nature deviates ; and can man do
less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sunshine , as
of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men forever ...
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Thus God and nature link'd the general frame , And bade self - love and social be
the same . EPISTLE IV . O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ; Good , pleasure
, ease , content ! what'er thy name ; That something still , which prompts ...
Thus God and nature link'd the general frame , And bade self - love and social be
the same . EPISTLE IV . O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ; Good , pleasure
, ease , content ! what'er thy name ; That something still , which prompts ...
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Who thus define it , say they more or less Than this , That happiness is happiness
? Take Nature's path , and mad opinions leave ; All states can reach it , and all
heads con onceive ; Obvious her goods , in no extreme they dwell ; There needs
...
Who thus define it , say they more or less Than this , That happiness is happiness
? Take Nature's path , and mad opinions leave ; All states can reach it , and all
heads con onceive ; Obvious her goods , in no extreme they dwell ; There needs
...
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If then to all men happiness was meant , God in externals could not place content
. Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd , unhappy
those ; But Heaven's just balance equal will appear , While those are plac'd in ...
If then to all men happiness was meant , God in externals could not place content
. Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd , unhappy
those ; But Heaven's just balance equal will appear , While those are plac'd in ...
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There , in the rich , the honor'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of
happiness complete ! In hearts of kings , or arms of queens who lay , How happy
those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From
dirt ...
There , in the rich , the honor'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of
happiness complete ! In hearts of kings , or arms of queens who lay , How happy
those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From
dirt ...
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| Titel | The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
| Autor/in | Samuel B. EMMONS |
| Verlag | Waitt & Dow, 1832 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 13. Nov. 2014 |
| Länge | 160 Seiten |
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