 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. The month succeeding the publication of " The Vanity of Human Wishes," witnessed the crisis of our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...retreat ; These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. * Vcr. 346— S66. PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, AT THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET. fiONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, ^ As on we toil from day to day,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain,...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FitiENUSHiP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods HEgrants,who grants the power to gain; With these celestial Wisdom...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, The goods He grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. 16 ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 416 pages
...our life." " These gifts to man the laws of God ordain, These gifts he grants who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she docs not find." " What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's knife ? What fix'd disease on Hm ley's... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain ; . These goods he grants, who grants the power...mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.'' The Prologue for the opening of Drury-lane Theatre is distinguished, among compositions of this class,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...o'er transmuted illj For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain. These goods He grants, who grants the power t« gain; "With these, celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. JOHNSON. HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE. IF you would live, I do not merely say as long, but as much,... | |
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For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants,... 
