 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1850 - 330 sider
...It's no in books ; its no in lear, To make us truly bless'd. If happiness hae not her seat And center in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be bless'd. Carcass of a Spermaceti. Dental Equipments. CHAPTER X. CONQUEST AND DISPOSAL OF A BULL WHALE.... | |
 | William Reeves (of Leamington.) - 1850 - 82 sider
...able to mar its beauty or disturb its repose. "If happiness has not her seat And centre in the hear.t, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." Contentedness of mind, then, is the sun of the moral system, from which all other virtues derive their... | |
 | Frederick Richard Chichester (Earl of Belfast.) - 1851 - 300 sider
...dingy room. A child is born ! — The mother breathes no more ! PART II. CHAPTER I. " If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise,...can be blest . " Nae treasures, nor pleasures Could mak us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang." BURNS. " Here are a... | |
 | Martha Careful (pseud.) - 1851 - 146 sider
...light, Will call you to the world again." Believe me faithfully yours, MAKTHA CAREFUL. MONDAY MORNING. " If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures, nae pleasures, Could make us happy lang : The heart ay's the part ay That makes us right or wrong."... | |
 | 1851 - 604 sider
...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 sider
...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,...treasures, nor pleasures Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.' " CHAPTER XXVI. GOING ABROAD. "My native land,... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 sider
...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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 sider
...; '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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 272 sider
...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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 sider
...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... | |
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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... 
