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" In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. "
Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary - Page 299
by James Whiteside - 1868 - 478 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 161-162

1837 - 756 pages
...affected by the government, bad or good, under which they live, but resides and centres in the mind : In every government, though terrors reign, Though...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ; Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course,...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 61

1838 - 574 pages
...up, but for the natural follies and vices of mankind ; and we agree with the philosophic poet — ' How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! ' This — as it regards manners and social and political relations — is peculiarly true of the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 61

1838 - 728 pages
...but for the natural follies and vices of mankind ; and we agree with the philosophic poet*— 'How ' How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! ' This — as it regards manners and social and political relations — is peculiarly true of the...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind : Why have I stray 'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...the mind : Why have I stray'd, from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? 44 In every government, though terrors reign, Though...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...the mind : Why have I stray'd, from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? 44 In every government, though terrors reign, Though...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...
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The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick, of Slickville ; to ...

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1839 - 838 pages
...European states, " Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows'/ How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! " Let us keep out of the vortex of political excitement, learn how to value the blessings we enjoy,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...the concluding ten lines, except the last couplet but one, printed in italic. How small of all Ihat , Cowperthwait & Co. ; Siill to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...sympathize with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find, That bliss which only centres in the~"mind : Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ; Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids bis bosom sympathize with mine. Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...
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