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 Art of Rhetoric Made Easy - Page 83by John Holmes - 1739 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
| English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above (And that there is all nature cries aloud, Through all her works) he must delight in virtu* ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ! or where — this... | |
| John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I 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... | |
| Charlotte Smith - 1798 - 414 pages
...which was written by one of the beft and moft pious men of the laft age, I would fay in his words : If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...Through all her works) he muft delight in virtue*. And the queftion what that virtue is, in which a benevolent and omnipotent being muft delight, .feems to... | |
| Immanuel Kant - Philosophy - 1799 - 498 pages
...ONLY POSSIBLE ARGUMENT TOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD — If there's a po^v't vbove uv, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue. ADDISON'S CATO. PREF ACE, Nee mea dona tibi studio disposta fiddi Intdlecta... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon 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. A PARAPHRASE »a PART OF THE NINETEENTH... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 440 pages
...Roman people, may aow b« very justly applied to our own nui ion. 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 iu must be happy. dj^_ This will be allowed, I... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 342 pages
...lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon 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 dehght in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ! This world... | |
| David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...be no future existence — what do we lose ? — But, if there should be a, future state? • — " and that there is, all nature cries aloud through all " her works "—then what shall become of the philosophic Infidel; the immoral Christian; and the >nere nominal... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it, Here will I hold. If there's a power above...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... | |
| James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. *Here will I hold, tlf there's a Po-wer 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, TOHS£ be happy. But iyA<?« / — or where... | |
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