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" How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 499
by James Boswell - 1820 - 512 pages
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry ...

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 202 pages
...kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place...no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien'sbed of steel. To...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 3-4

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 396 pages
...kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place...felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no Iou4 storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel,...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 3-4

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign 'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien'sbed of steel. To...
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves, in ev'ry place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find...no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To...
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Gleanings in England, Volume 2

Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 pages
...the laws the homage of their respect, through the medium of the effects which they naturally produce. How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure. It is, in fact, the g^peral diffufion of property, a security for what we pofless, and, above all,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place...no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

1831 - 652 pages
...inserted in Goldsmith's Traveller, express what seems to have been his deliberate judgment: — • How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure.' He had previously put expressions very similar into the mouth of Rasselas. It is amusing to contrast...
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The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several ..., Volume 3

Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1803 - 474 pages
...reformation of our rulers and our legislators is all that is wanting to make us a happy people. Alas! How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part, which Kings or Laws can cause, or cure. The principles of just and equitable government were, perhaps, never more fully established, nor was...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in ev'ry place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find...no loud storms annoy. Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure, Still to ourselves in every place consigned. Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,...no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted ax, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To...
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