 | 1817 - 314 pàgines
...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...virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ?—This world was made for Thus am I doubly arm'd. My death and life, My bane... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pàgines
...examination. This my little book had for its motto, these lines from Addison's Cato; ft Here will I hold: If there's a Power above us, (And that there...Virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " O Vita Philosophia Dux! O Virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum ! Unus Dies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pàgines
...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 sublimity : the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pàgines
...my little hook had for its motto, these lines from Addison's Cato: " Hen will I hold: if tliere 'sa power above us, (And that there is, all nature cries...virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vitce philosophia dux! 0 virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum.'. Unus... | |
 | R. T. Trall - 1996 - 116 pàgines
...! The wide, 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, —...virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when? or where? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures, — this must end them.... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 pàgines
...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...virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. — But when ? or where ? — >This world was made for Caesar. — I 'm weary of conjectures : This... | |
 | Heinrich Graetz - 1977 - 498 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Calhoun Stephens - 840 pàgines
...Roman People, may now be very justly apply'd to our own Nation.' Here will I hold. If there's a Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her Worl,s) He must delight in Virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy. 'This will be allowed,... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 pàgines
...lyes 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...virtue; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when! or where!—This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures—This must end 'em.... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1798 - 448 pàgines
...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,... | |
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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. 
