| Early English newspapers - 1907 - 700 pages
...fliine, Jmine. Thejrjjs I have polTcfs'd in fpiie of fate aie Nut hcav'n itfelf upon the part has powV, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. Du YI>EN. Kir* fun-ma trevii, fprm nut -vital incobaart hngant. Mo«. Life's fpan forbid« thee to... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...Joys I have poffefs'd, in fpite of Fate are mine. Not Heav'n it felf upon the paft has Pow'r ; £ut what has been, has been, and I have had my Hour, IX....Fortune, that, with malicious Joy, Does Man her Slave opprcfs, Proud of her Office to deftroy, ^ I s feldom pleas'd to blefs : Still various and unconftant... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 386 pages
...or foul, or rain, or mine, The joys I haye poffefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r ; But what has been, has been,...IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy, Is feldom pleas'd to blefs : Still various and uncon/hmt... | |
| Horace - 1767 - 428 pages
...The Joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of Faie are mine i < Not Heaven itfelf upon the Paft has Power; ' But what has been, has been, and I have had * my Hour.' IX. Pertune, who with malicious Joy,] Does Man, her Slave, opprefs, Proud of her Office to deftroy, Is... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 376 pages
...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....IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy, Is feldom pleas'd to blefs : Still various and unconftant... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...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, Docs man her flavc opprefs, Proud of her office to... | |
| Edmund Burke - Books - 1876 - 682 pages
...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... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 362 pages
...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... | |
| John Williams - 1793 - 128 pages
...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 pages
...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 than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and... | |
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