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 us (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), He must delight in virtue ; And that which... The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison - Page 129by Joseph Addison - 1830Full view - About this book
| 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 Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...startles at destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity, that stirs within us ; Tis Heav'n itself, that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ™ Eternity...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,... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! — Thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we...happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Cesar ; I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on hit ncord. Thus I am doubly... | |
| 1823 - 392 pages
...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...happy. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caisar. I'm weary of conjectures—This must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword. Thus am I doubly... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 360 pages
...These observations in favour of the Boman people, may now be very justly applied to our own nation. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And...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;... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...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... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...intimates eternity to man. If there is 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 Co wiry, on a lady elaborately... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...intimates eternity to mau. -If there is 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 Cowley,on a lady elaborately... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...intimates eternity to 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 Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...weeks' daily examination. 18 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...virtue: And that which he delights in must be happy !" 19 Another from the Proverbs of Solomon, speaking of wisdom and virtue : "Length of days is in her... | |
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