 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.  British Anthologies - Page 35edited by - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...intimates eternity t> man. 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. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity • the celebrated stanza of Corvley, on a lady... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...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 delight? in must be happy. But when ? Or wh.jre ? This world was made for Cesar. I'm weary of conjectures—... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...nation. ' 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.' ' This will be allowed, I hope, to be as virtuous a sentiment as that which he quotes out of Terence... | |
 | 1822 - 336 pages
...Cato : " 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 most be happy." • Another from Cicero, " O viice Philosophia dux ! O rirlutum indagatrix expultrixque... | |
 | John Taaffe - 1822 - 574 pages
...en excepir re seul trait, quelle mblime intcription! Hist. Lilt, d'ltalie. vol. ap 35. «»»ti> in. He must delight in virtue And that which He delights in must be happy ('). Then if it be his love of universal order that maketh him of necessity delight in virtue, and... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 ;...conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on hit ncord. Thus I am doubly arm'd. My death and life, My bane and antidote are both before me. This,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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 ;...happy. But when? or where ? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. Thus am I doubly armed : my death* and life,t... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...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 ;...happy. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures — This must end them. [Laying his hand on his stcord. Thus am I... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 pages
...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;...happy. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures—This must end them. I'l-ai/ing his hand on his sword. Thus am I... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Csesar. I'm weary of conjectures — this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly arm'd — My death and life,... | |
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