 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 Spectator. ... - Page 3711789Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 lehte
...we pass ! The wide, lh' 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... | |
 | 1822 - 336 lehte
...weeks' daily 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...is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works; he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in most be happy." • Another from Cicero, " O... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 lehte
...These observations in favour of the Roman people, may now be very justly applied to our own nation. ' Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, And...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,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 lehte
...also the language of his hrst or horn b-wk, I mean REASON, iihich teaches, thai if "there be a Godt and that there is all nature cries aloud through all her works, he must delight in virtue.' because most cleariy; EorulucLve to the perfection of mankind: vri'icli must... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...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 world... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 lehte
...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 lehte
...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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1823 - 352 lehte
...pass f The wide, Hi' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest npon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us,...all Nature cries aloud , Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue ; And thai which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where I This world... | |
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