 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pàgines
...retreat ; These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms 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 pàgines
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pàgines
...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...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FitiENUSHiP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pàgines
...Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods HEgrants,who grants the power to gain; With these celestial Wisdom...the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pàgines
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, The goods He grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. 16 ODES. FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 416 pàgines
...our life." " These gifts to man the laws of God ordain, These gifts he grants who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she docs not find." " What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's knife ? What fix'd disease on Hm ley's... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pàgines
...retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. JOHNSON. HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE. IF you would live, I do not merely say as long, but as much,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pàgines
...retreat. These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain. These goods He grants, who grants the power t« gain; "With these, celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, At the opening of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, 1747: WHEN learning's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pàgines
...retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. f Yet with the "Sense of sacred presence prest, When strong devotion fills thy glowing breast. 4 Thinks... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pàgines
...kind Nature's signal for retreat, " These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, " These goods be grants, who grants the power to gain : " With these...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... | |
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For love, which scarce collective man can fill; 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,... 
