 | 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 and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...have poesese'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the peat bos pow'r, But what has heen has been, and I have had my hour. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 468 pages
...shim.-, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon the past has liow'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... | |
 | 1821 - 618 pages
...; The joys I have possess'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." Lib. III. Ode 29. But we are straying from the object of our present inquiry, — La Fontaine. Who... | |
 | 1822 - 686 pages
...The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine ; Not Heav'n itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. ' In ' The Epicure ' of Cowley, the following couplet may be compared with the above passage. ' To-day... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...45. The joys I have possess'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. DBYDEN. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...shine. The joys I have pussess'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. DRYDEV. There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
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Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have... 
