 How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.  Poetical Works - Stran 25avtor: Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1814 - 598 strani
...the subjects of an absolute government, that our great Poet beautifully alluded when he observed, " With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, " Glides the smooth current of domestic joy." And truly in the main, though somewhat too broadly and strongly shaded, he adds, " Of all the ills... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1814 - 718 strani
...him, more than in any one I ever knew, was exemplified the justice of these lines of Goldsmith : * Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, ' Our own felicity we make or find." The originality of this work is not left to discussion. Th« plot is avowed to be taken from Horace,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 strani
...too fearful, and too faint to go ;" and the ten concluding lines, except the last couplet but one : " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part...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 men renr He... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 strani
...mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows? In ev'ry government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! E'en now, perhaps, as there some pilgrim strays Thro' tangled forests, Still to ourselves in ev'ry... | |
 | 1816 - 300 strani
...pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In ev'ry government tho' terrors reign, Tho' tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of...endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure t Still to ourselves in ev'ry place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 strani
...the mind! Why have I ftray'd from pleafure and repofe, • To leek a good each government beftows ? In every government, though terrors reign. Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws relirain, How fmall, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can caufe or cure... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 strani
...mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In ev'ry government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings...or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in ev'ry place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 strani
...or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that Ioman hearts endure, That part which laws or kiuj. can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place...or find : With secret course, which no loud storms aimoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axc, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 strani
...the Italic character : " Mow small of all that human hearts endure, " That part »liicu kings or laws can cause or cure. " Still to ourselves in every place...consign'd, " Our own felicity we make or find; " With sorrel course, which no loud storms annoy, " Glides the smooth current of domestic joy : " The lifted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 strani
...centres in the mind. Why have I strayed from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows? In every government, though terrors reign, Though...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... | |
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