 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is Heaven's first law ; and, this confess'd, Some are and must be greater than the rest, More rich,...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... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...him, that " the powers that be are ordained of God ;" and that " Order is heaven's first law, and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest ; More rich, more wise; hut who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. And thus by inculcating contentment... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 184 pages
...attainments, which the world can neither give nor take away. ^ POETRY. Order is Heav'n's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...none Go just alike, but each believes his own. < 9. O'rder is Heaven's first law ; and this confessed, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. 10. For love of novelty, the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 190 pages
...which the world can neither give nor take away. POETRY. Order is Heav'n's first law ; and this contest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...would more obtain, Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is heavVs first law ; and this confest Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. ***** But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...obtain. Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain. Order is Heav'n's first law ; and this confess'd, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest ; More...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal iu their Happiness : But mutual wants this... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 214 pages
...world can neither give nor take away. D 26 EXERCISES. POETRY. Order is heaven's first law; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,...hence. That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 128 pages
...attainments, which the world can neither give nor take away. VERSE. Order is Heav'n's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,...hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Needful austerities our wills restrain ; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...they more or less Than this, — that happineit is happiness. Order is heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be greater than the rest...That such are happier,— shocks all common sense. But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed : What then ? — is the reward of virtue bread ? 4.... | |
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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. 
