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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. "
London Magazine Enlarged and Improved - Sivu 230
1749
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 sivua
...M.onarebs ! we envy not your state ;, We look with pily on Ihe great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need 1 For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And...

Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sivua
...: Monarchs ! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And bless our humbler lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence has...

The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 sivua
...Monarchs! we envy not your state, We look with pity on the great, And Hess cur bumble !',t.: 4 Our portion is not large indeed! But then, how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And mal-e that little do. We'll, therefore, relish with content Whate'er kind Providence ha*...

Specimens of the British Poets: Whitehead, 1785, to Anstey, 1805

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 sivua
...Monarchs ! we envy not your state,. We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. i Our portion is not large, indeed, But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice,. And make that little do. We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind Providence has...

The poetical monitor: consisting of pieces select and original [ed. by E. Hill].

Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 sivua
...ark ; Giving her vain excursion o'er, The disappointed bird ouce more Explor'd the sacred bark. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then, how little...calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To wish no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll, therefore, relish with content, Whate'er...

The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Nide 2

1820 - 344 sivua
...> But what thou art— ART OF .LIVING. Your portion is not large indeed. But then hew little da you 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. EPITAPH. Here lies Tom »»*»»*; and its something rarish, He was...

The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

1821 - 282 sivua
...: Monarchs ! we envy not your state ; We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll therefore relish, with content, Whate'er kind Providence has...

Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 sivua
...-r Monarchs ! we envy not your state. We look with pity on. the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed, But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice,, We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind Providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our...

The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 sivua
...Monarchs ! we envy not your state ; We look with pity on the great, And bless our humbler lot. 9- Our portion is not large, indeed ! But then how little...this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. 10. We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind Providence...

The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 sivua
...: Monarchs ! we envy not your state; We look with pity on the great, And bless our humble lot. Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few J . In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do. We'll...




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