 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 essays - 1823 - 392 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 when, or where ? This world... | |
 | Benjamin Oakley - 1823 - 442 pages
...satisfied. Well, I do believe the world turns round. What changes ! what vicissitudes ! " If there 'sa Power above us, (and that there is, all nature cries aloud through all her works "), then I can easily believe in your transition from Cader Idris to Gordon House, one of those miraculous... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 458 pages
...we pass ? The wide, the unbounded .prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above...-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... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 660 pages
...must we pass! The wide, the 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 world... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...weeks' daily examination. 18 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...all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue: And that which he delights in must be happy !" 19 Another from the Proverbs... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me — But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon itHere will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that...all nature cries aloud, Through all her works) he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must he happy. But when ! or where ! This world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 548 pages
...that stirs within us : 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And 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, Arid that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 488 pages
...that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And 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 which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 610 pages
...that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And 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 which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...heat. Virtue in its more restrained sense is used to signify a habit or principle of doing well. " If there's a power above us, " And that there is, all nature cries aloud "Through all her works, he must delight in mine." Addison. Moralists usually distinguish four principal, or, as they are usually... | |
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