 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1702 - 362 pages
...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, Is feldom pleas'd to blefs; Still various and unconftant... | |
 | Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...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... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1907 - 700 pages
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...Joys I have poffefs'd, in fpite of Fate are mine. Not Heav'n it felf upon the paft has Pow'r ; £ut what has been, has been, and I have had my Hour, IX. Fortune, that, with malicious Joy, Does Man her Slave opprcfs, Proud of her Office to deftroy, ^ I s feldom pleas'd to blefs : Still various and unconftant... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1750 - 296 pages
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...Not Heav'n itfelf upon thepaft haspow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my IX. [hour. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deflroy, Is feldom pleas'd to blefs : Still various and unconflant ftill, But with an inclination to... | |
 | Horace - 1767 - 428 pages
...day; ' Be fair, or foul, or rain, 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, Is... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1876 - 682 pages
...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 - English literature - 1787
...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 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... 
