 | Edmund Spenser - 1855 - 742 psl.
...best for them: For they to each such fortune doe diffuse, As they doe know each can most aptly use. For not that, which men covet most, is best ; Nor...that they hold: each hath his fortune in his brest. so " It is the mynd, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happie, rich or poore : For some,1... | |
 | 1788 - 538 psl.
...them ; " For they to each such fortune doe diffuse, " As they doe know each can most aptly use : " For not that which men covet most is best, " Nor that thing worst which men do most refusey " But fittest is that all contented rest [brest. " With that they hold : each hath his fortune... | |
 | 1792 - 774 psl.
...fiitclt is that all contented reu " With that they hold : each kith his fortune in " hisbreft. in. " It is the mynd that maketh good or ill, " That maketh wretch or hap^ie, rich or poorc ; •? For fome, that hach abundance at his will, " Hath net enough, but wants... | |
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 psl.
...kind, Grant me all health of body, health of mind; " As they do know each can most aptly use. " Sith not that which men covet most is best, " Nor that thing worst, which men doe most refuse." VEE. 506. But, that thou may'st (for still 'tis good to prove Thy humble hope) ask,... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 582 psl.
...most aptly use. For, not that, which men covet most, is best, " Nor that thing worst, which men doe most refuse : " But fittest is, that all contented...that they hold : each hath his fortune in his brest." With eyes of pity they our frailties scan, More dear to them, than to himself, is man. By blind desire,... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 586 psl.
...best for them — For, they to each such fortune doe diffuse As they do knowc each can most aptly use. For, not that, which men covet most, is best, Nor that thing worst, which men doe most refuse : But fittest is, that all contented rest " With that they hold : each hath his fortune... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 psl.
...them— " For, they to each such fortune doe diffuse '"As they do knowe each can most aptly use. " For, not that, which men covet most, is best, " Nor that thing worst, which men doe most refuse :. " But fittest is, that all contented rest " With that they hold : each hath his... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1807 - 388 psl.
...diffuse, As they do know each can most aptly use. For not that which men covet most is best, Ncr tliat thing worst which men do most refuse : But fittest...that all contented rest With that they hold : each has his fortune in his breast. • xxx. It is the mind that maketh good or ill. In these lines he plainly... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1807 - 354 psl.
...aptly use. For not that which men covet most is best, Nc-r that thing worst which men do most refuse i But fittest is, that all contented rest With that they hold : each has his fortune, in his breast. XXX. It is the mind that makcth good or ill. 308 In these lines he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 600 psl.
...best for them: For they to each such fortune doe diffuse, As they doe know each can most aptly use. For not that, which men covet most, is best; Nor that...that they hold : each hath his fortune in his brest. " (t is the mynd, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happie, rich or poorc : For some,... | |
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doe men The heavens of their fortunes fault accuse, Sith they know best what is the best for them; For they to each such fortune doe diffuse, As they doe know each can most aptly use: For not that which men covet most is best, Nor that thing worst which... 
