| Thomas Walker - 1835 - 464 pages
...become its own master, and as much as possible independent of every thing without. Goldsmith says, • " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part,...place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find." Shakspeare observes, " there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so;" and Milton expresses... | |
| English literature - 1838 - 574 pages
...up, but for the natural follies and vices of mankind ; and we agree with the philosophic poet — ' How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! ' This — as it regards manners and social and political relations — is peculiarly true of the... | |
| English literature - 1838 - 728 pages
...but for the natural follies and vices of mankind ; and we agree with the philosophic poet*— 'How ' How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! ' This — as it regards manners and social and political relations — is peculiarly true of the... | |
| English literature - 1838 - 574 pages
...up, but for the natural follies and vices of mankind ; and we agree with the philosophic poet — ' How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings cau cause or cure ! ' This — as it regards manners and social and political relations — is peculiarly... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind : Why have I stray 'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government...can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canada - 1839 - 838 pages
...European states, " Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows'/ How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! " Let us keep out of the vortex of political excitement, learn how to value the blessings we enjoy,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...the concluding ten lines, except the last couplet but one, printed in italic. How small of all Ihat , Cowperthwait & Co. ; Siill to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course,... | |
| Voyages around the world - 1840 - 350 pages
...instead of three, we could sleep in, every third night then, as the lieutenants do," CHAPTER XVIII. "Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find:" * • * » * • * "Where are we driven? our reckoning sure \» lost! This eeums a rocky and a dangerous... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canadian wit and humor - 1840 - 208 pages
...European states, " Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows! How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws and kings can cause or cure !" The time has now come when the great American and colonial route of... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1840 - 110 pages
...European states, " Why hare I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ! How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws and kings can cause or cure !" Let us keep out of the vortex of political excitement, learn how to... | |
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