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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler ... - Page 134
by Nathan Drake - 1809 - 499 pages
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Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man: Or, The Progress of Human Life. Illustrated ...

John Evans - 1834 - 306 pages
...retreat. These goods for MAN the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these CELESTIAL WISDOM calms the mind, And makes the Happiness she cannot find ! — Indeed, we shall at all times do well to cherish a spirit of moderation. In prosperity...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His ..., Volume 10

James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd, For love, which scarce collective man can Jill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 10

James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pages
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find." 584. "Irene." " Irene " can boast of a strict adherence to the unities ; of harmonious versification...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power lone observes, that the truth probably is, not that an edition wa§ published with Rolfs find3." Garrick being now vested with theatrical power by being manager of Drury-lane theatre, he kindly...
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Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker].

John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...passions, and a will resign 'd, For love, which scarce collective man can fill; for patience, sov reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for...signal of retreat: These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain; With these celestial wisdom calms...
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Juvenal

Juvenal - 1837 - 306 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd; 360 For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for...retreat; These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, 365 These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

1840 - 378 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. JOHN SCOTT. 1730-1783. ODE ON HEARINO I in- DRUM. I HATE that dram's discordant sound, Parading round,...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pages
...passions, and a witl resign' d, For love, which scarce collective man can Jitl; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for...signal of retreat: These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain; With these celestial wisdom calms...
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Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr ...

John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
...passions, and a will resign' d, For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for...signal of retreat: These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms...
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Selected letters, ed. by T. Chamberlain

Selected letters - 1842 - 318 pages
...sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For faith, which, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain' d, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial wisdom...
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