 And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Page 84by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...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. The month succeeding the publication of " The Vanity of Human Wishes," witnessed the crisis of our... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...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,...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain ; . These goods he grants, who grants the power...mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.'' The Prologue for the opening of Drury-lane Theatre is distinguished, among compositions of this class,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...o'er transmuted illj 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 t« gain; "With these, celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...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. MRS. GREVILLE. BORN 17 — . DIEn 17—. PRATER FOR INDIFFERENCE. OFT I've implor'd the gods in vain,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power...mind, And makes the happiness she does not find." THE ENGLISH MONTHS.— AUGUST, THIS is the most interesting month of the year to a feeling and a devout... | |
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