 I can enjoy her while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away. The little or the much she gave is quietly resigned; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags,...  The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works - Sida 367efter John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Bell - 1778 - 438 sidor
...mine. Not He'av'n itself upon the past has pow'r ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune that, with malicious joy, Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, 75 Is seldom pleas'd to bless; Still various, and inconstant still. But with an inclination to be ill.... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 sidor
...are Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r ; [hour. But what has been has been, and I have had my IX. Fortune that, with malicious joy, Does man, her...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless ; Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 sidor
...mine ; Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave,...destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sidor
...mine, Not Heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and 1 have had my boon Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 sidor
...mine, Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and 1 have had my hour. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | 1812 - 524 sidor
...Not heaven itself upon the past has power; •'But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour." Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 468 sidor
...It would be inexcusable not to insert Dryden's version, or rather paraphrase, of the above passage. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1821 - 478 sidor
...It would be inexcusable not to insert Dryden's version, or rather paraphrase, of the above passage. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 sidor
...proudly rows. Id. Sraliger gave it (camphor) unto a bitch that was fraud. Broane'i Vulgar Errouri. Fortune, that, with malicious joy. Does man her slave...her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless. Dryden'i Horace. Storms of stones from the proud temple's height Pour down, and on our battered helms... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 352 sidor
...with the sentiment with which the lines conclude every ingenuous mind must desire to be in unison. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
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