| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine; Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate are mine ; Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. - Not Hqav'n itself upon die past has pow'r. But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEW. - There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have posscss'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r. But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DKYDEK. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of fate, are mine. 70 Not heaven itfelf upon the pafl, has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had, my hour. IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy, f5... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDBN-. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DKYDEN. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
| 1816 - 696 pages
...shine, The joys I have posscss'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour." There is a remarkable coincidence between the fifth and sixth lines of this fine passage, and the third... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. J3EYDEK. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEN. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own... | |
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