 Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have lived to-day. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself...  Bell's Edition - Page 195by John Bell - 1778Full view - About this book
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 | Early English newspapers - 1907 - 700 pages
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 | Early English newspapers - 1752 - 696 pages
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