...which the world can neither give nor take away. VEaSE. Order is Heav'n's first law; and this confest, 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...

...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 sense. Heav'n to Mankind impartial we confess, If all are equal in their Happiness : But mutual wants this...

...misapplied for the annoyance of little boys and girls: Order is Heav'n's first law; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise.44 This was no casual piece of Toryism on Pope's part; that " Order," that is, hierarchic gradation,...

...and mark well the truth of Pope's fine lines, — " Order is heaven's first law, and this confess'd, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, —...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense." Our people observed to me, " This is a country of the Sultan, so the women fear nothing." But the environs...

...wisdom, wealth, in power over other people : ORDER is Heav'n's first law; and this confest, 1v, 49 Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Power and wealth do not necessarily keep company with happiness. On the contrary, Reason's whole pleasure,...

...political conservatism is at times infuriating — Order is Heav'n's first law; and this confess'd, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise . . . Nevertheless, in a famous passage which records the ambiguity of Man's position at the mid-point...

...alone; The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown. Order is Heav'ns first law; and, this confest, Some are and must be greater than the rest, More rich,...hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king, Heav'n breathes...

...lille page of the Gentleman's lournal (Jan. 1 692). 6 Order 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. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king. ALEXANDER POPE...

...by the "Music of a well-mix'd State" (3:294). Since "Order is Heav'n's first law," it follows that "Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, / More rich, more wise" (4:49-51). That is simply the great hierarchal standard. But a profound change separates Pope's view...

...1 . Boyd, The Novels of William Golding, 1 58. "Order is heaven's first law; and, this confess'd, / Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, / More rich, more wise"12. Needless to say, Talbot is convinced of his own superiority: he looks down on almost everyone...