 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 488 pages
...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...virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimitv ; the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pages
...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,...cries aloud "Through all her works, he must delight in mine." Addison. Moralists usually distinguish four principal, or, as they are usually called, cardinal... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pages
...daughter of the hamlet. " 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." Addison. RICHES. WHEAT.—Tr it icum. " Of golden wheat, the strength of human life." Philips. Floral... | |
 | R. T. Trall - 1996 - 116 pages
...the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will 1 hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there...happy. But when? or where? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures, — this must end them. [Laying hin hand on his sword. 3 Thus am... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 pages
...Through what new scenes and changes must we pass 1 The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. —...But when ? or where ? — >This world was made for Caesar. — I 'm weary of conjectures : This must end 'cm. [Laying his hand on /iis Thus am I doubly... | |
 | Heinrich Graetz - 1977 - 498 pages
...hindurch." Ungenaues Zitat aus „Cato" von Joseph Addison (172-1719). Die Stelle lautet im Original: „If there's a power above us, (And that there is...through all her works) he must delight in virtue." 162 „Schabbat". niedergeschlagen, daß meine Lage mit Thränen herausgepreßt hat. Hatte ich keine... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1798 - 448 pages
...which was written by one of the best and most pious men of the last age, I would say in his words: If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.3 And the question what that virtue is, in which a benevolent and omnipotent being must delight,... | |
 | Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 pages
...thirteen 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 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. Another... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 pages
...authors: Here will I hold—If there is a Pow'r 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. 43 Most immediately, the sentiment expressed in this passage suggests that Franklin had come full circle... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 pages
...drawn on the table by him." The lesson Cato draws from Socrates is a Stoic one: If there's a pow'r above us, (And that there is all Nature cries aloud...virtue: And that which he delights in must be happy. 16 Margaret of Anjou, wed to Henry VI, proves "a masculine, courageous spirit" (2:419). Queen Elizabeth's... | |
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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 us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which... 
