 Ask of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; "° Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these...  An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 74by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...the way ? the learn'd are hlind ; This hids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; Some place the hliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these ; Some sunk to heasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some swell'd to gods confess ev'n virtue vain ! Or indolent, to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...the way? the learn'd are hlind; This hids to serve, and that to shun mankind. 30 Some place the hliss in action, some in ease; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these; Some sunk to heasts, find pleasure end in pain; Some swell'd to gods, confess ey'n virtue vain! Or indolent, to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...free, And fled from monarchs, St. John! dwells with thee. Ask of the learn'd the way? The learn'd are blind: This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind...extreme they fall, To trust in ev'ry thing, or doubt of ail. Who thus define it, say they more or less, Than this, that happiness is happiness ? H II. Take... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...And, fled from monarchs, St. John ? dwells with thee, Ask of the Learn'd the way ? The Learn'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind...beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some, swell'd to God's, confess ev'n Virtue vain ; Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in every thing,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...the learn'd the way ? the learn'd are blind ; This hids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; .Somc place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call...pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain I Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in every thing, or doubt of all. Who thus define... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...free, And fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learn'd the way ? the learn'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind...Those call it pleasure, and contentment these ; Some snnk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain ! Or indolent,... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...the Icarn'd the way : the learif d are blind : This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; Sume place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call...Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain: Some fiwell'd to gods, confess iv'n virtue vain : Or indolent to each extreme they fall, To trust in ev'ry... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...[thce. And fled from monarch:, St. Jolin, dwells with AskoftheLearn'dthc way: The Lcam'd ate Witid: iind pleasure end in pain; Some swi-ll'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain ! Or indolent to each extreme... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...serve, and that to shun mankind; t . *-iS /JV*V r*t •* *-:* 'it- li { *i. • I • W -J '- -* " J ' ^ Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those...Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain, Some swell'cj I to go4? confess e'en virtue vain; Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in ev'ry... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...for that, no action could attend ; And, but for this, were active to no end." Pope, Essay on Man. " Some place the bliss in action, some in ease : Those call it pleasure, and contentment these." , Ibid. *. ' i 1 am the Lard, that maketh all things; that stretduth forth the heavens alone. — Isaiah,... | |
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