 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...and recover 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 - English essays - 1772 - 228 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...one, if a man 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 - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...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 ; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them rshorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...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 ; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...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 ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 424 pages
...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 ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...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 ; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 246 pages
...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 ; for, if a. man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Epicurus writes a letter to Idomeneus (who... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 426 pages
...of separate boards, officers, &c. ? COWLEY'S CONSOLATION. — There is some help (says Cowley) for the defects of fortune; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy !>y cutting of them shorter. .dFiitt Ittuttratiotu of the Bible. Part... | |
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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. 
