 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 490 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, 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. IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy,... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 496 pages
...The joys I have possessed, 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. IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...another's malice : If on tamen Irritum Quodcunque retro est efficiet, neque Diffinget, infectumque reddet, Quodfugiens semel hora vexit. Be fair or foul,...are mine. Not heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r, JJut what has been has been, arid I have had my hour. DHYDEN. There is certainly no greater happiness... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, 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. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...reddet, Quodjugieni semel hora vexit. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have posscss'd in spite of fate are mine. Not Heav'n itself upon...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 and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1811 - 394 pages
...hara vexit. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are rains. Not heav'n itself upon the past has pow*r, But what has been 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 virtuouslyemployed,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd in spite of fate are mine. - Not Hqav'n itself upon die past has pow'r. But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEW. - There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of fate, are mine. 70 Not heaven itfelf upon the pafl, has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had, my hour. IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy, f5... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 524 pages
...Quodcunque retro est efficiet, neque Diffinget, infectumque reddet, Quodfugiens semel hora vexit. Ee fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd...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... | |
 | English literature - 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... | |
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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... 
