 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.  Idler - Page 254by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 pages
...it. Here will I hold. If there '» 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 for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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 for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures—this must end them.... | |
 | 1830 - 368 pages
...me no concern, for " If there's a power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud J'hro' all her works) he must, delight in virtue^; And that which he delights iu must be happy." AHDISON e Cato. And no matter " when or where." After relating such ridiculous stuff... | |
 | James Lackington - 1827 - 368 pages
...turned a downright atheist. But the aspersions of such fanatics gave me no concern, for If there's a power above us. (And that there is, all nature cries...must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights iu must be happy." APDISON a Cato. And no matter " when or where." After relating such ridiculous stuff... | |
 | John Calhoun Stephens - 840 pages
...hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her Worl,s) He must delight in Virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. 'This will be allowed, I hope, to be as virtuous a Sentiment as that which he quotes out of Terence;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 pages
...little Book had for its Motto these Lines from Addison's Cato; Here will I hold: If there is a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud...Virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Another from Cicero. 0 Vitae Philosophia Dux! 0 Virtutum indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Unus dies... | |
 | Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 pages
...This my little book had for its motto these lines from Addison's Cato: Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all nature cries...virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. Another from Cicero, "O vitac Philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum! Unus dies,... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 pages
...by Joseph Addison, always one of Franklin's favorite authors: Here will I hold—If there is a Pow'r above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud,...Virtue And that which he delights in must be Happy. 43 Most immediately, the sentiment expressed in this passage suggests that Franklin had come full circle... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 pages
...Socrates is a Stoic one: 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. 16 Margaret of Anjou, wed to Henry VI, proves "a masculine, courageous spirit" (2:419). Queen Elizabeth's... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 pages
...himself believing in many.) NOVEMBER 20, 1728 Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion Here will I hold, If there is a Power above us (And that there is, all...Virtue And that which he delights in must be Happy. — Cato First Principles I Believe there is one Supreme most perfect Being, Author and Father of the... | |
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