 | American essays - 1915 - 980 pages
...England of the fame of having created this mighty Empire. ' Not Heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.' What has concerned and concerns England, concerns us too. The aim of our colonial policy is not merely... | |
 | 1863 - 636 pages
...The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine : Not Heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour." We are obliged to accept Henry Murger as the exponent of Parisian Hnhoiniuni.-ni, seeing that Paris... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1861 - 334 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of fate are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DBYDEIT. LAEGKE party was assembled at the Grange. Among them were some of the young ladies who were... | |
 | Horace - Latin poetry - 1861 - 372 pages
...The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are 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 oppress. Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1861 - 424 pages
...The joys I have possess'd, in spite of fate, are 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 oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...The joys I have possess'd, in spi£e of fate, are mine. " Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; it. TODD. The first commands me to maintain the crow Fortune, that, with malicious joy. Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. 8. — THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION. — Horace Smith. The country's amenity brings no serenity ; Each... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 346 pages
...shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. 8. — THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION. — Horace Smith. The country's amenity brings no serenity ; Each... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 570 pages
...hours we have had, and as Dryden boldly says from Horace : Not Heaven itself upon the nast has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. My head orders my heart to stop. suaded he will not dislike, to the benefit of the Bath Hospital" He... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1872 - 576 pages
...hours we have had, and as Dryden boldly says from Horace : Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. My head orders my heart to stop. snaded he will not dislike, to the benefit of the Bath Hospital."... | |
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Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself... 
