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" Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. "
Abridgment of English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ... - Page 89
by Lindley Murray - 1823 - 107 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...heaps they raise. 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 ; 81 And peace, Oh, Virtue ! peace is all thy...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...heaps thejrraise. 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, O Virtue ! peace is all thy own....
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...and unquestionably, the answer will be that nothing can impart to competence the least advantage— " Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, " Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. An hundred dishes after the novelty has passed, cannot gratify the man who wishes to pamper...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...heaps they raise. Know ail 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 is all thy own....
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...heaps they raise. Know, all the good that individual" 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, SWEETNESS. AN ODE. BY Mil. ROBERTSON. Or damask cheeks and radiant eyes, Let other poets...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...they raise. Know , all the good that individual* find , Or God and Nature meant to mer« mankind , Reason's whole pleasure , all the joys of Sense , Lie in three words , Health , Peace , and Competence. POPS. CHAP. XVI. On Virtue. J\.KOW thou this truth (enough for man to know} a Virtue alone...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...raise. Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's wide pleasure, all the joys of sense. Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence. SWEETNESS. AN ODE. BY MR. RO13ERTSON. O' damask cheeks and radiant eyes, Let other poets...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...heaps they raise. 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, I'eace, and Competence. But Health consists with Temperance alone, And Peace, oh Virtue ! Peace is...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...heaps they raise. 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. \ CHAP. XVI. ON VIRTUE. KNOW thott this truth (enough for man to know) ft Virtue alone...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5

1808 - 408 pages
...they raise. Know, ¡ill the °;o<id 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 subsists with temperance alone; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own....
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