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" Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. "
The Idler - Page 316
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Art of Rhetoric Made Easy

John Holmes - 1739 - 202 pages
...unbounded Profpect lies before me-, But Shadows, Clouds, and Darknefs reft upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her Works) He muft delight in Virtue; And that which he delights in, muft be happy. But...
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The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph ...

Joseph Addison - 1773 - 364 pages
...unbounded profpect lies before me ; But fhadows, clouds, and darknefs reft upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he muft delight in virtue, And that which he delights in, muft be happy. But...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...unbounded Profpect lies before me ; Bat Shadows, Clouds, and Darknefs reft upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her Works) he muft delight in Virtue ; And that which he delights in muft be happy. The...
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A New Review: With Literary Curiosities and Literary Intelligence, Volume 3

1783 - 542 pages
...the ways of heaven are dark and intricate, * Our underftandings leek for them in vain.' Only this, ' If there's a power above us, ' And that there is all nature cries aloud ' Through all her works, he muft delight in virtue, ' And that which he delights in muft be happy *.'...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 428 pages
...unbounded profpect lies before me; *' But (hadows, clouds, and darknefs, reft upon it. " Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, " (And that there is all Nature cries aloud " Through all her works) he muft delight in virtue; '* And that which he delights in muft be happy....
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Memoirs of the First Forty-five Years of James Lackington: The Present ...

James Lackington - 1792 - 556 pages
...was turned a downright atheift. But the afperfions of fuch fanatics gave me no concern, for tf — : If there's a power above us, " (And that there is, all nature cries aloud *' Through all her works) he mnft delight in Virtue ; «.' And that which he delights in muft be happy."...
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Vaderlandsche letter-oefeningen, Part 2

1798 - 626 pages
...wege van Aantekeningen aan den voet der bladzyde te plaatzen. £. SN fiere will I hold: if there is a power above us (.And that there is , all nature cries aloud Thro" all her works) hè must delight in virtue, And that which hè delighti ia, must be happy. (f) o Vtta philofophia duxl...
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The Young Philosopher: A Novel ...

Charlotte Smith - 1798 - 414 pages
...which was written by one of the beft and moft pious men of the laft age, I would fay in his words : If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he muft delight in virtue*. And the queftion what that virtue is, in which a...
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The Moral Monitor: Or A Collection of Essays on Various Subjects ...

Nathan Fiske - 1801 - 322 pages
...patriot. And it was religion that Aided the poet in reaclring and forming the feutimem. 'Tis heaven ufelf that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ******* If there's a power above, (And that there is, all nature ciies aloud Through all her woiks) he muft del ght in virtue; And that...
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...Soliloquy are at once easy and sublime. 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a pow'r above us, And that there is all Nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must delight in virtu^...
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