 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and 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 thefe lefs tafte them, as they worfe obtain. NOTEs. VER. 79. Reafon.s whole pleafure, &c."] This is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and 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 thefe lefs tafte them, as they worfe obtain. NOTES. VER. 79. Reafon's wbole pleafure, 6fr.] This is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...wod or bad, &e.] But hitherto the poet hath only confidered Health and Peace : But Health confifts with Temperance alone ; And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. One head yet remained to be fpoken to, namely, Competent!. In the purfuit of Health and Peace there... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 234 pages
...Lie in three words, Health, -Peace, and Competence, But Health confifts with Temperance alone ? 81 And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain ; But thefe -lefs tafte them, as they worfe obtain. Say, in purfuit of profit or delight, 85 Who risk the-moft,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 402 pages
...pleafure, all the joys of Senfe, " Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence. " But Health confifts with Temperance alone; " And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is all thy own." NOTB S. virtue ; or, in his own emphatic words, peace is all thy mm , a conclusive obfervation in his... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...pleafure, all the joys of fenfe, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. But health confifts with temperance alone, And peace, oh virtue ! peace...own. The good or bad the gifts of fortune gain, But thefe lefs tafte them, as they worfe obtain. After this he points out the error of imputing to virtue... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...pleafure, all the joys of Senfe, Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence, 80 But Health confifts with Temperance alone; And Peace, oh Virtue! Peace is all thy own. Tk good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain : But thefe lefs tafte them, as they worfe obtain. Say, in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1768 - 726 pages
...Tuor^j,Health,Peace, and Competence.So But Health confjfls with Temperance alone • *And Peate ,06 Virtue ! Peace is all thy own . The good or bad the gifts of fortune gain • Bat thefe lefs tafle them , as they vuorfe obtain. Say , in purfuit of profit or delight , 85 J/Vbo... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pages
...all the joys of Senfe , Lie in three words , Health , Peace , and Competence,. go But Health coniifts with Temperance alone ; And Peace , oh Virtue ! Peace...own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain : But thefe Icfs tafte them , as they worfe obtain. Say, in purfuit of profit or delight , 85 Who riàk the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1772 - 374 pages
...and Competence. go But Health confifts with Temperance alone ; And l'eace, oh Virtue ! Peace is ali thy own. The good or bad the gifts of Fortune gain : But thefe lels tafte them , as they worfe obtain. Say, in purfuit of profit or delight , 85 Who risk the... | |
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. 
