 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 Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 379by George Campbell - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 504 lehte
...therefore, do by no means prove, that the right of punishing must be vested in mankind. If there's a Pow'r above US, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Thro' all her works,) up such necessity can exist. While there is an eye from which nothing ishidden, and a power that nonecan... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 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 Nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 lehte
...prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and dujkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there V a power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue ; And that which iie delights in must be happy. But... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 lehte
...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.)... | |
 | John Henry Howlett - 1826 - 334 lehte
...must resume the louder tone from which it fell, in order to preserve the connexion in the thought : 1. If there's a power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue. 2. While they wish to please, (and why should they... | |
 | 1830 - 368 lehte
...that I was turned a downright atheist. But the aspersions of such fanatics gave me no concern, for " If there's a power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud J'hro' all her works) he must, delight in virtue^; And that which he delights iu must be happy." AHDISON... | |
 | 1826 - 434 lehte
...favour of the Roman people, may now be very justly applied to our own nation : — 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 lehte
...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... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 lehte
...shepherds trod,) In a deep cave, (dug by no mortal hand,) An hermit liv'd," &c. TRAGEDY OP DOUGLAS. " If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue." TRAGEDY OP CATO.. " Farewell, along farewell to... | |
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