 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 works of Samuel Johnson - Page 310by Samuel Johnson - 1823Full view - About this book
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...Here will I hold — If there's a Pow'r 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. A PARAPHRASE »a PART OF THE NINETEENTH PSALM. ADDI5ON.' 1 HE spacious firmament on high, ' With all... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...an example of the like construction in the conjunction that, these words of the poet will suffice ; If there's a power above us ; AND that there is, all...aloud Thro' all her works ; he must delight in virtue J. It is not material that the whole is here comprised in one sentence. The first conjunction serves... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...Here will 1 hold. If there's a I'owerahpve us, (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through ail her works,) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy But when, or where?-> This world was ma;!e for Cxsar, I'm weary of conjecture — This must end them.... | |
 | 1803 - 222 pages
...'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^ And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity;... | |
 | 1803 - 440 pages
...ion. Here will I hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue-; And that which he delights iu must be happy. dj^_ This will be allowed, I hope, to be as virtuous a. sentimert as that which he... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows , clouds , and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, ( And that there is,...virtue ; And that which he delights in , must be happy , But when,? or where ?—— This world was made for Caesar ? I'm weary of conjectures this must end... | |
 | 1804 - 516 pages
...it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above, < 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. But when ! or where — this world was made IV Ca-sar. I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 308 pages
...before me; Anxiety. gut sfiaaowSt clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. fVenm!' * Here TOZ'^ * Ao¥. ^If there's a Power above us ; And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through a/7 her works He must delight in Satisfaa. Anxiety. *Courage. Fivinnefs. Apprehcn. Comfort.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1804 - 352 pages
...which he will make his abode, bringing with him comfort and illumination. To use the poet's words; " He must delight' in virtue ; " And that which he delights in must be happy." If indeed it were a moral virtue merely to believe a narrative on the credibility of the narrators,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest 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 must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But... | |
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