 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1791 - 366 pages
...lines of Dr» Cotton : « Our portion is not large indeed, - " £ut then• huw little do we need J " For Nature's calls are few ; " In this the art of...more than may fuffice, « And make that little do. " If folid happinefs we prize, " Within our breafl this jewel lies ; tf And they are fools who roam... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...humbler lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; Dut then how'little do we need ! For nature's calls arc few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may fuffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relifli with content Whatc'er kind Providence has lent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...mall richeft comforts bring ; Jf tutor 'd right, they'll prove a fpring And blel's our humbler tot. y ftnck'n, I F'or nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may iufficc, '... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 pages
...forgot: Monarchs! we envy not your state; We louk with pity on the great, And bless our humbler lot. Our portion is not large indeed, But then how little do we need I For Nature's calls are few I In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1792 - 556 pages
...m"0re, which we very cheerfully fet about, finging together the following ftrains of Dr. Cotton : " Our portion is not large indeed, " But then how little...the art of living lies, " To want no more than may fufficc, " And make that little do." The above, and the following ode by Mr. Fitzgerald, did we fcores... | |
 | Mr. Cresswick - 1792 - 452 pages
...ftate, We look with pity on th« great, And blefs our humble lot. ^ Our portion w not large indeed, Bat then how little do we need, For nature's calls are...this the art of living lies, To want no more than to fuffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relifh with content, Whate'er kind Providence... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...own, While to the world we live unknown, Or by the world forgot: 45 Monarciu ! we envy not your ftatc, We look with pity on the great, And blefs our humbler...not large indeed, But then, how little do we need, 50 For Nature's calls are few ! In this the art of living lies, To want no more than snay fuffice,... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1794 - 346 pages
...procure more, which we very cheerfully fet about, finging together the following lines of Dr. Cotton i " For Nature's calls are few ; " In this the art of...more than may fuffice, " And make that little do." The above, and the following ode by Mr. Fitzgerald,i did we fcores of times repeat, even with raptures!... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1795 - 562 pages
...following lines of Dr. Cotton : " Our portion is not large indeed, " Bat then how little do we need f " For Nature's calls are few ; " In this the art of living lies, " To want no more than m»y fuffice, " And make that little do." M 2 The The above, and the following ode by Mr. Fitzgerald,... | |
 | Alexander Dalrymple - Ballads, English - 1796 - 242 pages
...their minds, with ftudious care, To all that's manly, good and fair, And train them for the Skies. Our Our portion is not large indeed, But then how little...no more than may fuffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relim with content, Whate'er kind Providence has fent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For... | |
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Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. 
