 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pàgines
...first author of the Law of Heaven. A proposition abominable in most senses ; absurd in all. Warburton. More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Heaven to Mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal in their Happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pàgines
...Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is Heaven's first law ; and, this confess'd, Some are and must be greater than the rest, More rich,...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Heaven to mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal in their happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pàgines
...his ideas of interest; it teaches him, that " the powers that be are ordained of God ;" and that " Order is heaven's first law, and this confest, Some...be, greater than the rest ; More rich, more wise; hut who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. And thus by inculcating contentment... | |
 | Esq. Hugh Campbell - 1825 - 184 pàgines
...that England, by her sons, and their virtues, holds in the scale of nations, and recollecting that " Order is Heaven's first law — and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest !" They should not cavil for trifles taken from a .few for the good of the whole; nor by an unjustifiable... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pàgines
...none Go just alike, but each believes his own. < 9. O'rder is Heaven's first law ; and this confessed, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. 10. For love of novelty, the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pàgines
...share ; and who would more obtain, Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is heavVs first law ; and this confest Some are, and must be,...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. ***** But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pàgines
...obtain. Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is Heav'n's first law ; and this confess'd, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest ; More...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal iu their Happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pàgines
...G6d, or Me •' Who thus define it, say they more or less Than this, — that happineit is happiness. Order is heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some...That such are happier,— shocks all common sense. But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed : What then ? — is the reward of virtue bread ? 4.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pàgines
...more or less Than this,—that happiness is happiness. Order is heaven's first law ; and this contest, Some are, and must be greater than the rest; More...more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier,—shocks all common sense. But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed: What then ?—is... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pàgines
...the least disappointment in our pursuit. Bishop Porteat. Order is nature's law ; and this confess'd, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More...rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such arc happier, shocks all common sense. POPE. What can add to the happiness of the man who is in health,... | |
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ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. 
