 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pàgines
...happier seat, " Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat, " These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, " These goods He grants, who grants the power...mind, " And makes the happiness she does not find." * ' [In this poem, a line in which the danger attending on female beauty is mentioned, has very generally,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pàgines
...happier seat, " Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat, " These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, " These goods He grants, who grants the power...mind, " And makes the happiness she does not find."* ' [In this poem, a line in which the danger attending on female beauty is mentioned, has very generally,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pàgines
...happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat; These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power...calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find."f Garrick being now vested with theatrical power by being manager of Drury-lane theatre, he kindly... | |
 | 1829 - 660 pàgines
...esprits perdus. MORAL TENDENCIES OF KNOWLEDGE. " These goods for man the laws of Heaven erdain,— These goods He grants who grants the power to gain;...mind, And makes the happiness she does not find." JOHNSON. WE were about to write upon this subject, having had our attention strongly drawn to it by... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pàgines
...retreat : These goods for man tbe laws of heav'n ordain. These goods he grants, who gran's the pow'r to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not fiuit. THE FALLING LEAF. See the leaves around us falling! Dry and withered to the ground ! Tii us... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 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. LONDON: IN IMITATION OF THE THIRD SATIRE OF JUVENAL. Quis ineptffi Tam patiens urbis, tam ferrcus ut... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 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. 1 Ver. 346—366. 5 Yet, with the sense of sacred presence prta'd, When strong devotion Jills thy glowing... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pàgines
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain ; These goods he grants, who grants the means to gain ; With these, celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 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. • Ver. 346—366. P Yet with the seme of sacred presence prest. When strong devotion fills thy glowing... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pàgines
...retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods be grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. DR. JOHNSOH APPENDIX: Containing Biographical Sketches of the authors mentioned in the " Introduction... | |
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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,... 
