 It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle mair : It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may...  The American Missionary - Página 4571922Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1851 - 604 páginas
...it will be recollected, has given expression, in verse, to the same idea : — h If happiness have not her seat And centre in the breast, * We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." The truth of the following maxim has been generally acknowledged and acted on, and certainly never... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 430 páginas
...affections as we have just witnessed. I am a thorough convert to the sentiments of the plowman bard. ' If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.' " CHAPTER XXVI. GOING ABROAD. "My native land, good night" OHILDI HAROLD. THE term, four months, for... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 páginas
...rest ; It's no in making muckle mair : It's no in books : it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. HELioTROPE....J>e»ofed! Affection. THE Heliotrope is a native of Peru. It is often eonfounded with... | |
 | CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK - 1852 - 398 páginas
...dear Jane, thy own heart must answer that question. Dost thou remember a favourite stanza of thine ? " Nae treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang;...aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang." Jane imagined that Mr. Lloyd felt a distrust of her motives. " Ah !" she replied, " the integrity of... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 páginas
...; 'T is not in wealth like England's Bank To make us truly blest. If happiness has not her seat 't And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 2. The ivy round some lofty pile Its twining tendril flings ; Though fled from thence be Pleasure's... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 páginas
...Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere ; 'Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere. Pope. If happiness has not her seat and centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, but never can be blest. Burns. Happy are those, That knowing, in their births, they are subject to Uncertain changes, are still... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 272 páginas
...purchase peace and rest; ''Tis not in wealth like England's Bank To make us truly blest. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. 2. The ivy round some lofty pile Its twining tendril flings ; Though fled from thence be Pleasure's... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcomb - 1853 - 446 páginas
...grateful heart ; And who would more than will suffice, Does covet more than is his part. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise. or rich, or great, Bat never can be blest. BUMS. 25th Week. TUESDAY. Natural History. MAMMALS. ORDER 1. TWO-HANDED ANIMALS.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 páginas
...and rest; It's no in makin' muckle mair; It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang." Through all these Epistles we hear him exulting in... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 páginas
...rest ; It's no in makin' muckle mair ; It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest ; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang." Through all these Epistles we hear him exulting in... | |
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