 Fortune, that with malicious joy Does Man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless; Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife And makes a lottery...  The New Road to Ruin: A Novel - Page 189by Lady Catherine Pollock Manners Stepney - 1833Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...mine. Not He'av'n itself upon the past has pow'r ; 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, 75 Is seldom pleas'd to bless; Still various, and inconstant still. But with an inclination to be ill.... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r ; [hour. But what has been has been, and I have had my IX. Fortune that, with malicious joy, Does man, her slave:,...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless ; Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 490 pages
...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,...her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 496 pages
...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,...her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...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,...her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...mine, Not Heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and 1 have had my boon Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...mine, Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and 1 have had my hour. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | United States - 1812 - 524 pages
...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 pleas'd to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1812 - 468 pages
...It would be inexcusable not to insert Dryden's version, or rather paraphrase, of the above passage. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 496 pages
...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,...her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights... | |
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