 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
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 358 pages
...may now be very justly applied to our own nation. ' Here will I hold. If there's a power above ut, (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,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 446 pages
...But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (Arid 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... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...should be no future existence — what do we lose? — But, if there should be a future state ? — " and that there is, all nature cries aloud ( through all her works" — then what shall become of the philosophic infidel; the immoral Christian; and the mere nominal... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 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...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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...lies 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 Through all her works) He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. A PARAPHRASE ON PART OF THE NINETEENTH... | |
 | 1809 - 420 pages
...greater claim to future recompense ? Thit world may be made for Cesar ; but if there's a power abcve us, (and that there is, all nature cries aloud through all her works} he must delight in VIBTUE. TASSO'S JERUSALEM. WITH pleasure we have observed that the elegant translation... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 354 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 540 pages
...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... | |
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