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" Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace... "
The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays - Page 59
by Alexander Pope - 1757
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pages
...rife By Mountains pil'd on Mountains, to the Skies ? Heav'n full with Laughter the vain Toil furveys, And buries Madmen in the Heaps they raife. Know, all the Good that Individuals find, 75 Or God arid Nature meant to meer Mankind, Reafon's whole Pleafures, all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in...
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A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which ...

William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...be gained only by VIRTUE, namely, by Temperance, Innocence, and Indujlry : Reafon's whole Pleafures, all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in three Words, Health,...Competence. But Health confifts with Temperance alone, And Peace, O Virtue! Peace is all thy own. The firft Line, Reafon's whole Pleafures, all the Joys of...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...the Good that Individuals find, Or God or Nature meant to meer Mankind ; Reafon's whole Pleafures, all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in three Words, Health,...Competence. But Health confifts with Temperance alone, And Peace, fair Virtue ! Peace is all thy own : The Gifts of Fortune Good or Bad may gain ; But thefe...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pages
...By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the Ikies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Know, all...Competence. But Health confifts with Temperance alone ; 8 1 And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain ; But...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the Ikies ? Heav'n ftiH with laughter the vain toil furveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Know, all...Competence. But Health confifts with Temperance alone ; 8 1 And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain ; But...
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Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the Ikies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Know, all...individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind, COMMENTARY. argument (from y 66 to 73) againft the popular error of Happinefs being placed in Externals,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the fkies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Know, all...individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind, COMMENTARY. argument (from jr 66 to 73) againft the popular error of Happinefs being placed in Externals,...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - 1754 - 590 pages
...reft, More rich, more wife } but who infers from hence, That fuch are happier, (hocks all common Senfe. Know, all the Good that Individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind ; Reafon's whole Pleafures, all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in three Words, Health, Peace, and Competence. LESSON XL ttt...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein ..., Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 606 pages
...more wife; but who infers from hence, That fuch arc happier, (hocks all common Senfe. • Know, alt the Good that Individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind ; Reafon's whole Pleafures, -all the Joys of Senfe, Lie in three Words, Health, Peace, and Competence. LESSON XI. We...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1760 - 402 pages
...By mountains pil'd on mountains, to the fkies? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, 75 And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Know, all...individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere Mankind, COMMENTARY. ror of happinefs being placed in externals, is, that the poffeflion of them is infeparably...
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