 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 306by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I bold. If there's a pow'r above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Thro?. -all her works) he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when or where ? — This... | |
 | George Farquhar - 1808 - 338 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 272 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 ' Though all her works) he must delight in virtue ; ' And that which he delights in must be happy.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 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... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pages
...that the merciful arc blessed for that reason. Examine now the following passage from Addison's Cato. If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud In all her works, he must delight in virtue ; And that, which be delights in, must be happy. Here is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. - If there's a power above u», And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must delight in virtue, And that which be delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 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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