 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1702 - 362 pages
...rain, or 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 - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...rain, or fhine, 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1750 - 296 pages
...rain or 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... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1752 - 696 pages
...rain or ftinr, TmifK. The joys 1 have poflefs'd in fpite of fate »re i4ot heav'n itfelf upon the pad has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. . . DRTDI.N. Vita fuKma hrcvit, fftm not -vital iniatoare hfiran, HOB,' Life's fpan forbids thee... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 388 pages
...rain, or ftine, The joys I have 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 hoar. IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 386 pages
...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, 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 - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...worst, for I have liv'd to-day. Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, 69 The joys I have posseas'd, in spite of Fate, are mine. Not He'av'n itself upon...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...rain or 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...rain or fhine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the part has pow'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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...rain or fliine, The joys I have poflefs'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. There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and virtuoufly... | |
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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... 
