 Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd,...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 48by Plutarch - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pages
...curs'd indeed .Parsu'd by wrongs, by meagre famine dr'n'n Hevianders, outcast both of earth andbeav'n. The happiest taste not happiness sincere, But find the cordial draught is dath'd viitb care. Iliad 3tsir. , Similar to this is what we meet with in Psalm Ixxv. 8. In the hand... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1804 - 520 pages
...179. [a] II. xxi. 4^5. [*1 Prov. xvi. 33. [A] Matt.x.zg. [/] II. xxiv. 515,— 533. [r]Od. i. 17. " To most he mingles both : The wretch decreed " To taste the bad unmix'd, is curs'd indeed ; " Pursu'd by wrongs, by meagre famine driv'n, " He wanders outcast both... | |
 | 1805 - 378 pages
...woes you feel ! Rise then, let reason mitigate thy carer To mourn avails not ;, man is born to bear ; The happiest taste not happiness sincere, But find the cordial draught is dash'd with care > What must be, must be ; .bear thy lot, nor shed These unavailing sorrows o'er the dead ; Thou cans't... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...good; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, 665 Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed; Pursn'd by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pages
...of good: From thence the cup of mortal man he Jills, Blessings to those, to these distributes ills ; To most he mingles both , the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmix'd is curs'd indeed : Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driv'n, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to those, to those distributes ills ; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursu'd by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...indeed ; Pursued by « rongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven. The happiest taste not happiness sincere ; But find the cordial draught is clush'd witli care. Who more than Peleus shone in wealth oml power ! What stars concurring blest his... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1810 - 746 pages
...he mingles both : the wretch, decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is cursed indeed. The happiest iaste not happiness sincere, But find the cordial draught is dash'd with care. Scipio and Fabius, as has been mentioned above) adopted into other families, and two by his second... | |
 | Plutarch - 1811 - 352 pages
...of good. From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most he mingles both: the wretch, decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is cursed indeed. The happiest taste not happiness sincere, But find the cordial draught is... | |
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