 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
 | 1816 - 852 pages
...into the field. Shal. If there sa 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 when ? or where ? 3, Which time.— I was adopted heir by bis content ; Since <when, his oath is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...soiloquy are at once easy and sublime : pc lil'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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...divinity that stirs within n-- : Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity t> man. If there's a power 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. Nor is ease more contrary to wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...divinity that stirs within us ; Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity tn man. If there's a power 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. Nor is ease more contrary to... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 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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