 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...upon him to ev'ry lot resign'd, Who wept, who toil'd, who perish'd for mankind. HAPPINESS. [POPE.] KNOW then this truth (enough for man to know), Virtue alone is happiness below : The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 pages
...the day: The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame! Know then this truth, (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below." The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where only... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 pages
...upon him to ev'ry lot resign'd, Who wept, who toil'd, who perish'd for mankind. HAPPINESS. [POPE.] KNOW then this truth (enough for man to know), Virtue alone is happiness helow : The only point where human hliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 204 pages
...a sentence ohliquely,' and which may he omitted without injuring the grammatical construction : as. 'Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happinnes helow.' 'And was the ransom paid ? It was; and paij (What can exalt his hounty more?) forthee.'... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1833 - 202 pages
...They mark a moderate pause, and the clause included is read with a depressed tone of voice ; as, " Know then this truth (enough for man to know) Virtue alone is happiness below." — Pope. It will be readily seen that the sentence is not at all dependent on the parenthetical clause... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 pages
...posthumous reputation, is to save a few letters (for what is a name besides 1) from oblivion." '« Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) " Virtue alone is happiness below." NOTE. The parenthesis generally denotes a moderate depression of the voice ; and, as the parenthetical... | |
 | 1884 - 984 pages
...thine own." " Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies." " Know then this truth (enough for man to know). Virtue alone is happiness below." "Our own bright prospect to be blest, Our strongest motive to assist the rest." Of all other parts... | |
 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - 1911 - 332 pages
...of the Bible old. — Emerson. The childhood shows the man As the morning shows the day. — Milton. Know then this truth (enough for man to know), "Virtue alone is happiness below." — Pope. For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd needs only to be seen. — Dryden.... | |
 | 1915 - 1068 pages
...me of that which benefits him nothing, but which makes me poor indeed." Alexander Pope adds another: "Know then this truth, enough for man to know, Virtue alone is happiness below." There Is joy in life. We live, we move, we have our being. We enter life helpless and Innocent, unconscious... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pages
...day; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A Tale, that blends their glory with their shame! vII. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) 'Virtue alone is Happiness below.' 310 The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill, Where... | |
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The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit... 
