 There is some help for all the defects of fortune ; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.  The Virginia Lyceum - Strana 261839Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1741 - Počet stránok 776
...perfon perl'ecuted by adverfity, yet fubmitting to his fate with fortitude and conftanry. There is fome help for all the defects of fortune ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wifhe.i, he may have his remedy hy cutting them fhorter. Epicurus wrote a letter to Idomeneus, (who... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - Počet stránok 228
...all ; efpecially, if his hand be no luckier than mine. [<»] Horat. i S. ir. 100. There There is fome help for all the defects of fortune ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wifhes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them fhorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - Počet stránok 228
...hand be no luckier than mine. [»/] Horat. i S. iv. 100. There There is fome help for all the defers of fortune ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wifhes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them fherter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Počet stránok 842
...fling two fixes and recover all; efpecially, if hi? hand be no luckier than mine. 2CK There is fome help for all the defects of fortune ; for, if a man cannot attain to the IfBgth of his wilhes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them Ihorter. Epicurus writes a It Her to... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - Počet stránok 290
...to one, if a man fling two sixes and recover all ; especially, if his hand be no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them rshorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and,... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - Počet stránok 288
...to one, if a man fling two sixeSj and recover all, especially if his hand be. no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and it seems... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - Počet stránok 286
...to one, if a man fling two sixes and recover all ; especially, if his hand be no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and,... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 424
...to one if a man fling two sixes, and recover all ; especially if his hand be no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 246
...to one, if a man fling two sixes and recover all; especially, if his hand be no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 268
...to one, if a man fling two sixes and recover all ; especially, if his hand be no luckier than mine. There is some help for all the defects of fortune...length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who was then a very powerful, wealthy, and,... | |
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