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 British Essayists;: Guardian - Strana 24podľa Alexander Chalmers - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Henry Sass - 1818 - Počet stránok 420
...couch. Who can behold the vast firmament, but must exclaim with the poet, " That there is a God above, all nature cries aloud through all her works; he must...virtue; and that which he delights in must be happy." N 2 CHAPTER XIII. VESUVIUS, HERCULANEUM, AND POMPEII. HIRING a carriage at Naples, we were quickly... | |
| John Bird Sumner - 1818 - Počet stránok 416
...convinced; we see indisputable evil, and are confounded. We argue, that " if there's a power above us, he must delight in virtue; and that which he delights in, must be happy;" but the question still recurs, does not the actual appearance of the world disprove this rational conclusion... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - Počet stránok 448
...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...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... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - Počet stránok 304
...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...works,) he must delight in virtue ; And that which be delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures... | |
| Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - 1819 - Počet stránok 410
...immense mercies, and with unshaken confidence to the consoling promises of an Almighty Being, " Who must delight in virtue ; " And that, which he delights in, must be happy." Such was Lady Russell's intimate acquaintance with the sentiments and character of her husband, and... | |
| Lady Rachel Russell - 1819 - Počet stránok 410
...immense mercies, and with unshaken confidence *to the consoling promises of an Almighty Being, " Who must delight in virtue ; " And that, which he delights in, must be happy." Such was Lady Russell's intimate acquaintance with the sentiments and character of her husband, and... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - Počet stránok 366
...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...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.... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - Počet stránok 398
...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...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—... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1820 - Počet stránok 428
...intimates eternity tn 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 elaborately... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Počet stránok 430
...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... | |
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