 | John Dryden - 1702 - 362 oldal
...fliine, The joys I have pofleft, in fpight of fate are mine. Not Heav'n it felf upon the paft has pow'r> But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune) that with malicious joy* Does Man, her Slave, opprefs j Proud of her Office to deftroy,... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 oldal
...The Joys I have poffefs'd, in fpite of Fate are mine : Not Heav'n it felf upon the part has Pow'r ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my Hour. Now lean;, The Bounds of Good and Evil to difcern. Unhappy he, who does this Work adjourn ; And 'till... | |
 | 1907 - 700 oldal
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 oldal
...thine, The joys I have potfefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRVDIN. There is certainly no greater happmefs, than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and... | |
 | Horace - 1767 - 428 oldal
...or fhine, ' 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 386 oldal
...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, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy,... | |
 | John Bell - 1778 - 438 oldal
...The joys I have posseas'd, in spite of Fate, are 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 oldal
...rain, or fmne, 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 - 1876 - 682 oldal
...quotations, one of which, from Horace, we 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 oldal
...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... | |
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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 lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself... 
