 | 1844 - 332 lehte
...FELICITY. VAIH, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind! How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find ; With... | |
 | 1844 - 738 lehte
...; for, though we do not subseribe without qualification to the sentiment of the poet — How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure — because we believe that governments and their institutions may be made to hear remedially... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 lehte
...In every government, though terrors reign. Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small,1 of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find : With... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 lehte
...In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 lehte
...those minor courtesies, which make up so large a part of social enjoyment. • ' v' * x " How small, of all that human hearts endure, ^ That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! ,'. Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find."... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 lehte
...Prentice. In every government, though terrors reign, Though cruel kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure; Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find.— Goldsmith.... | |
 | Thomas Brown, David Welsh - 1846 - 584 lehte
...In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves, in every place, consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find. With... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 lehte
...couplet that rings with the force of a proverb, we learn that it was inserted by Dr. Johnson: How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Goldsmith lacks wit, and his use of abstractions and generalization; often seems to... | |
 | Richard John Neuhaus - 1986 - 300 lehte
...truths about politics is the truth about the limits of politics. As Doctor Johnson put it: How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find. Just... | |
 | Denis Mack Smith - 1989 - 436 lehte
...truths about national history are very much more than those that involve its head of state. How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. Only a small part it may be, but decisions of peace and war can change the lives of... | |
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. 
