 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...possessions among men was for the sake of society, l . to promote the harmony and happiness of a system : Order is Heaven's first law ; and, this confest, Some...must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise, — Because the want of external goods in some, and the abundance in others, increase general harmony... | |
 | John Stewart - Ethics - 1812 - 514 pages
...celebrated poet, in the following lines of his Essay on Man. 393 " Order is heav'n's first law, this once confest, Some are, and must be greater than the rest,...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense." The temporal happiness therefore of the^ king, consisteth not in the exalted station he is deputed... | |
 | John Stewart - 1812 - 520 pages
...poet, in the following lines of his Essay on Man. " Order is heav'n's first law, this once contest, Some are, and must be greater than the rest, More...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense." The temporal happiness therefore of the king, consisteth not in the exalted station he is deputed to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...virtuous attainments, which the world can, neither give nor take away. . POETRY. Order is Heaven.s first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be,...More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence., Tint such are happier, shocks all common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...share ; and who would more obtain, Shall find, the pleasure pays not half the pain. ORDER is Heav'n's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, 50 More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common tease.... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...: Each has his share; and who would more obtain, Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. 4 Order is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, 50 More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.... | |
 | George Dillwyn - Moral education - 1815 - 230 pages
...contentment; but spends its strength without, in contending with the winds and the waves. " Order is heav'ns first law, and this confest Some are, and must be,...more wise: but who infers from hence That such are happier—shocks all common sense. POPS. . , k • CHAPTER XIII. SECTION 1. Aristotle, in his ethicks,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is Heaven's first law; and this ronfcss'd, Some are, and mast be greater than the rest ; More rich, more wise :...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Heaven to mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal in their happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 120 pages
...those virtuous attainments, which the world can neither give nor take away. VERSE. Order is HeavVs first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be,...from hence, That such are happier, shocks all common tense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...half the pain. Order is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some arc, and must be, greater tlian Heaven to mankind impartial we confess, If til are equal in their happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
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ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. 
