 | Samuel Kirkham - 1836 - 238 Seiten
...and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy name ; That something still which prompts tli' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die." — The verb Id, in the idiomatick examples under number 1, has no nominative specified, and is left... | |
 | Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - 1837 - 300 Seiten
...and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content, whate'er thy name ; That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die. POPE. I DARE say that you wish to be rich, and wise, and happy. Most people wish the same thing ; but... | |
 | 1838 - 1012 Seiten
...and end, Good, pleasure, ease, content, whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to...die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlooked, seem double, by the fool and wise. * • * i « • Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, Lady of rank - 1838 - 228 Seiten
...aim, Good, pleasure, case, content whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the etcrnul sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die; Which still so near us. yet beyond us lies, O'erlookcd, seem double, by the fool and wise. ******** Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere; . 'Tis... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 Seiten
...and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content! wbate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the me shall come, when free as seas or wind Unbounded Thames2 shall flow for all mankind ; Whole dropp'd below, Sav, in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow? Fair opening to some court's propitious... | |
 | Henrietta Georgiana Chatterton (M. lady.) - 1840 - 1020 Seiten
...VOL. I CHAPTER I. O Happiness ! our being's end and aim— Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal...to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlooVed, seen double by the fool and wise; Ptant of celestial seed! if dropped below, Say in what... | |
 | Jane Roberts - 1840 - 954 Seiten
...Good night !" they separated for repose. CHAPTER IX. " Oh, happiness ! our being's end and aim!" " That something still, which prompts th' eternal sigh ; For which we bear to live, or dare to die." " Plant of celestial seed, if dropt below, Say, in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ?" CHRISTMAS,... | |
 | Chauncy Hare Townshend - 1840 - 604 Seiten
...off. They who chase it most will find it least. To go far for it is like hunting for happiness — " Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise." The very terms heretofore in use, in speaking of mesmeric phenomena, have been strange and portentous.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...here and hereafter. Ou HAPPINESS! our being's end and aim! Ciood, Pleasure, Knse, Content! whate'er at warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den...ancient Tarsus held ; or that sea-beast Leviathnn, whic siill so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the Ibol and wise : Plant of celestial... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...here and hereafter. OH HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er Because dropp'd below. Say, in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ? Fair opening to some court's propitious... | |
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HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double,... 
