 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 pages
...his rash petition. When thus the GOD — How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, VOL. II. G 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice, then, your sole pursuit ; Plant virtue, and content's the fruit. So JOVE, to gratify the... | |
 | John Gay - 1816 - 174 pages
...withdrew his rash petition. When thus the God : — How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice, then, your sole pursuit — 1'lant Virtue, and Content's the fruit. So Jove, to gratify... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 366 pages
...clown withdrew his rash petition. When thus the god : " How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice, then, your sole pursuit ; Plant virtue, and content's the fruit." MORAL. We never should,... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 388 pages
...clown withdrew his rash petition. When thus the god : " How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice, then, your sole pursuit ; Plant virtue, and content's the fruit." MORAL. We never should,... | |
 | John Gay - 1838 - 254 pages
...withdrew his rash petition. 140 When thus the God : ' How mortals err ! 'If you true happiness prefer, ' 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, ' But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. ' Be justice then your sole pursuit ; 145 ' Plant virtue, and content's the fruit.' ft^J" This Fable... | |
 | William Combe, Thomas Rolandson - English wit and humor - 1869 - 396 pages
...Villains might comfort find in guilt : But when he sees th' increasing store The miser's fears increase the more. Is happiness the point in view? I mean the...least, as e'er is known For mortal man to call his own. * O fortunaii mercatores 1 gravis armis Miles ait, multo jam fractus membra labore. Contra Mercator,... | |
 | William Combe - English poetry - 1871 - 402 pages
...virtue is, for she is there. Is happiness the point in view ? I mean the real and the true ; 'Tis to 110 rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest...least, as e'er is known For mortal man to call his own. To shine and glitter all in gold, To be in words and science bold, Wealth to enjoy and dainty fare,... | |
 | William Combe - 1874 - 434 pages
...Villains might comfort find in guilt : But when he sees th' increasing store The miser's fears increase the more. Is happiness the point in view ? I mean...least, as e'er is known For mortal man to call his own. To shine and glitter all in gold, To be in words and science bold, Wealth to enjoy and dainty fare,... | |
 | John Gay - 1882 - 294 pages
...Clown withdrew his rash petition. When thus the god : How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice then your sole pursuit : Plant virtue, and content's the fruit. So JOVE, to gratify the... | |
 | William Combe - 1903 - 336 pages
...Of each embroider'd scene of pleasure Which the vast city's limits give, He longs in Portland- Place to live.1 As we pass life's uncertain day, We may...mortal man to call his own. 1 O fortunati mercatores I gravis armis Miles ait, multo jam fractus membra labore. Contra Mercator, navim jactantibus Austria,... | |
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When thus the god : How mortals err ! If you true happiness prefer, 'Tis to no rank of life confin'd, But dwells in ev'ry honest mind. Be justice then your sole pursuit : Plant virtue, and content's the fruit. 
