 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
 | John Dougall - 1815 - 514 pages
...is introduced a phrase, not necessary > ( ) to the sense, nor affecting the construction ; as } Jf there's a power above us ; (And that there is, all nature cries aloud In ail her works J he must delight in virtue. Of the art of grammatical resolution, or account!) .g... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...it. 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. But when ? or where ?—This world was made for Thus am I doubly arm'd. My death and life, My bane... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...,omp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's soiloquy are at once easy and sublime : pc lil'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself...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. Nor... | |
 | Henry Sass - 1818 - 420 pages
...firmament, but must exclaim with the poet, " That there is a God above, all nature cries aloud through all her works; he must delight in virtue; and that which he delights in must be happy." N 2 CHAPTER XIII. VESUVIUS, HERCULANEUM, AND POMPEII. HIRING a carriage at Naples, we were quickly... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...examination. This my little book had for its motto, these lines from Addison's Cato; ft 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." Another... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1818 - 416 pages
...convinced; we see indisputable evil, and are confounded. We argue, that " if there's a power above us, he must delight in virtue; and that which he delights in, must be happy;" but the question still recurs, does not the actual appearance of the world disprove this rational conclusion... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...PARTS. [Referred to in MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, Part If. p. 67. 4fo. Edit.} Here will I hold — If there is 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, roust be happy.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 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 be delights in must be happy. But... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 pages
...unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I bold. 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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