 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 lehte
...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...virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity : the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 lehte
...my little hook had for its motto, these lines from Addison's Cato: " Hen will I hold: if tliere 'sa power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries...virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vitce philosophia dux! 0 virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum.'. Unus... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 lehte
...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...delight in virtue ; and that which he delights in, roust be happy. — CATO. PART I. FIRST PRINCIPLES. I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being,... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 lehte
...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,...virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. — But when ? or where ? — >This world was made for Caesar. — I 'm weary of conjectures : This... | |
 | Heinrich Graetz - 1977 - 498 lehte
...hindurch." Ungenaues Zitat aus „Cato" von Joseph Addison (172-1719). Die Stelle lautet im Original: „If there's a power above us, (And that there is...through all her works) he must delight in virtue." 162 „Schabbat". niedergeschlagen, daß meine Lage mit Thränen herausgepreßt hat. Hatte ich keine... | |
 | John Calhoun Stephens - 840 lehte
...Roman People, may now be very justly apply'd to our own Nation.' Here will I hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her Worl,s) He must delight in Virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. 'This will be allowed,... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 lehte
...lyes 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...virtue; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when! or where!—This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures—This must end 'em.... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1798 - 448 lehte
...which was written by one of the best and most pious men of the last age, I would say in his words: If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.3 And the question what that virtue is, in which a benevolent and omnipotent being must delight,... | |
 | Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 lehte
...examination. 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 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. Another... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 lehte
...drawn on the table by him." The lesson Cato draws from Socrates is a Stoic one: If there's a pow'r above us, (And that there is all Nature cries aloud...virtue: And that which he delights in must be happy. 16 Margaret of Anjou, wed to Henry VI, proves "a masculine, courageous spirit" (2:419). Queen Elizabeth's... | |
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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. 
