 to his second volume ; the first of them is an anticipation of the familiar lines— ' Hope springs eternal in the human breast ; Man never is, but always to be, blest.' We never live, but we hope to live; and always preparing ourselves to be happy, it...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 341geredigeerd door - 1879Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis William Blagdon - 1803 - 534 pagina’s
...enjoyments of the mind make them almost forget the real sufferings of the body. According to Pope, - i " Hope springs eternal in the human breast, " Man never is, but always to be blest." At the foot of the above pillar, the only one of the sort in Paris, is erected a handsome fountain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 218 pagina’s
...God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and, expatiates in a life to come. Lo, the poor... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 pagina’s
...is avmou 1 ^ c without which they are strangers to peace. So true, in general, is the assertion, 1( Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is but always to be blest." It is a sentiment generally advanced by writers, that •without hlipe men would be miserable;... | |
 | 1862 - 628 pagina’s
...God adore. What future bliss, ho gives not theo to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Lo the poor... | |
 | Willem Lodewyk Van-Ess - 1810 - 526 pagina’s
...balance of power, and even of all-subordination, &c. Yei, utterly to extinguish hope is not possible. " Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest." Among the loyalists, and these the most enlightened, there were not a, few, who considered... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 630 pagina’s
...Suipcct—ie suspicion. See Note 45 to Edicard II. Vol. Г. p. »82. 50 Hope, hope, &c. So Pope : " Mope springs eternal in the human breast ; Man never is, but always to be blest." 11 Discontent— i. e. discontented person, as we now say malcontent. So, in 77ie Firs« Parí... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 pagina’s
...hereafter. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest The soul uneasy, and confin'd from home, llests and expatiates in a life to come. Now the reason... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 pagina’s
...pleases the great boy for a few hours or days, and wherein he hopes to be happy. But though " Hope blooms eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest." . Still he is walking in a vain shadow, which will soon vanish away! So that universal experience,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1872 - 634 pagina’s
...their efforts, all tend to produce yearnings for a future of lasting peace. In the words of Pope— " Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates ou the life to come." What is... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 396 pagina’s
...God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is but always to be bless'd. The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Lo, the poor... | |
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