 For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's 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...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Stran 219avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1823Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Bell - 1789 - 442 strani
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the- p ow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. EPISTLE III. LONDON. By the Same, quj, ineptae Tam patiens urbis, tun ferreus ut teneat se '' Juv.... | |
 | 1789 - 228 strani
...fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; ' For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 strani
...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." Garrick being now vested with theatrical power by being manager of Drury-lane theatre, he kindly and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 strani
...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.' Monarchy and bishops, he was plundered by the parliament forces, and twice carried away prisoner from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 strani
...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.' Monarchy and bishops, he was plundered by the parliament forces, and twice carried away prisoner from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
...o'er transmuted ill; For Faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts Death kind Nature-s signal for retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heav-n ordain,...wisdom calms the mind, ' And makes the happiness she docs not find. Vanity of Human Wiihe*. PROSPERITY. Prosperity, as is truly asserted by Seneca, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 strani
...can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 strani
...can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat ; These...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. * Vcr. 346— S66. PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, AT THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 strani
...can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmu ted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET. fiONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine, ^ As on we toil from day to day,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 strani
...can Jill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. The month succeeding the publication of " The Vanity of Human Wishes," witnessed the crisis of our... | |
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