What happiness the rural maid attends a. GAY--Rural Sports. Canto II. Line 148. His best companions, innocence and health And his best riches ignorance of wealth. b. GOLDSMITH-Deserted Village. Line 61. Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. C. GOLDSMITH--The Hermit. St. 8. Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. d. GOLDSMITH-The Traveller. Line 210. Happy the man, of mortals happiest he Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; Obscured life sets down a type of bliss: Folly. For mine own part, I could be well content r. Henry IV. Pt. I. Act V. Sc. 1. He is well paid that is well satisfied. Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. L S. I earn that I eat, get that I wear; owe no man hate; envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good, content with my harm. t. As You Like It. Act III. Sc. 2. If it were now to die, "Twere to be most happy; for, I fear My soul hath her content so absolute, That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. น. Othello. Act II. Sc. 1. I'm glad of't with all my heart; I had rather be a kitten and cry mew, My crown is in my heart, not on my head, 20. My more-having, would be as a sauce To make me hunger more. Garden. x. Macbeth. Act IV. Sc. 3. |