Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery... Herodotus - Σελίδα 194των Herodotus - 1812Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 σελίδες
...fall, Cannot add another hour, Nor a lost hour recall ! DOXXE. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Doth man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless. DRYDEN. O mortals ! blind in fate, who never know To bear high fortune, or endure... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 σελίδες
...mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour I he virgins sit weeping around ? Ah, Colin, pleased to bless : Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| William Collins - 1877 - 104 σελίδες
...to-day. Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and uucoustaiit still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 σελίδες
...fall, Cannot add another hour, Nor a lost hour recall ! DONNE. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Doth man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless. DRYDEN. O mortals! blind in fate, who never know To bear high fortune, or endure... | |
| Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1880 - 320 σελίδες
...mine. Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power, And 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 pleased to bless ; Still various, and inconstant still, But with au inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| Horace - 1881 - 420 σελίδες
...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 pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1882 - 152 σελίδες
...quoted by Ar.Eth. 6. 2, tuivov yap aiirou Kal 0eit ' 4g. Fortuna...] admirably paraphrased by Dryden, 'Fortune that with malicious joy Does man, her slave,...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1870 - 712 σελίδες
...Virtute me involvo, probamque Paupericm sine dote quaere- — HORACE. Fortune, that with malicious ioy Does man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 516 σελίδες
...Not heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour." IX. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave,...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
| Horace - 1885 - 184 σελίδες
...'Vivam'; Sera nimis vita est crastina: vive hodie. 49. Fortuna. . .] admirably paraphrased by Dryden, 'Fortune that with malicious joy Does man, her slave,...oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless; Still varions and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes,... | |
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