 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 564 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,... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...wide, the unbounded prospect lies before But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it Luc. aloud must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ?— -This world was made for Ciesar. I'm weary of conjectures : — this must end... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...intimates eternity to man. — If there's a power above us, And that their is all nature cries alond Thro' all her works, he must delight in virtue, And...to wit than to sublimity ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately dressed, loses nothing of its freedom by the spirit of the sentiment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...intimates eternity to man. 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...to wit than to sublimity ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately dressed, loses nothing of its freedom by the spirit of the sentiment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 482 pages
...intimates eternity to man. 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...to wit than to sublimity ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately dressed, loses nothing of its freedom by the spirit of the sentiment... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pages
...where a chaplet of roses is annually given to the most virtuous daughter of the hamlet. " If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries...virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy." Addison. RICHES. WHEAT.—Tr it icum. " Of golden wheat, the strength of human life." Philips. Floral... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 pages
...intimates eternity to man. 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...be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimitv ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately dressed, loses nothing of its freedom... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 pages
...it. Here will I hold. If there 'sa 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 Csesar. I 'm weary of conjectures This must end 'em.... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...— Here will 1 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. " This will be allowed, I hope, to be as virtuous a sentiment as that which he quotes out of Terence... | |
 | 1826 - 502 pages
...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 when? or where? — This world was made for С tesar. — I'm weary of conjectures : This must... | |
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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. 
