 | 1785 - 596 страници
...redder, S^uaJ fugics ffmt'l bora iiexit, Be fair or foul, or rain or ftlne, The joys I have poflcfs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon...the paft has pow'r, But what has been has been, and 1 have had my hour. DtTKCNt There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1876 - 682 страници
...spare the reader ; the other, from Dryden, runs thus :— " Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour." The earlier part of the book has been published before ; and the remainder consists of desultory remarks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 страници
...Be fair or foul, or rain or ftiine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not hsav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEW. There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...rain or fhine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the part has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEN. There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 362 страници
...fhine, The joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heaven itfelf upon the paft has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune, IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 страници
...infeflumque reddet, emel bora vexit. Be fair or foul, or rain or fliine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon...But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and virtuoufly... | |
 | John Williams - 1793 - 128 страници
...The joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of Fate, are mine : Not Heaven itfelf upon the part has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Good Humor had not a more firm adherent in being; his fuavity, like beauty, bore the moft powerful... | |
 | 1801 - 342 страници
...infeftimque reidet, §>uod fngies femtl bora -vcxit. Be fair or foul, or run or fhint!; The joys I have poffefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the paft has povv'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEN. There is certainly no greater happinefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 страници
...reddct, Quod fugiens femcl kora vexit. Be fair or foul, or rain or ftiine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r, Pyt wbat has been has been, and I have had my hour. DKYBB*. There is certainly no greater happinefs... | |
 | Berquin (M., Arnaud) - 1805 - 294 страници
...morrow do thy won't, for I have liv'd to day, Th . Be fair' or f°ul. or rain, qr fliine, " '°ys l have Poffefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heav'n itfelf...But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her (lave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy, Is feldom... | |
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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... 
