 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 trang
...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 is, all...must delight in Virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " O Vita Philosophia Dux! O Virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 trang
...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 nature...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 trang
...PARTS. [Referred to in MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, Part If. p. 67. 4fo. Edit.} Here will I hold — If there is a power above us (and that there is, all nature cries...delight in virtue ; and that which he delights in, roust be happy. — CATO. PART I. FIRST PRINCIPLES. I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 trang
...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...must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vitce philosophia dux! 0 virtutum indagatrix expultrixque... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 trang
...had for its motto, these lines from Addisou's Cato: " Here will I hold: if there 'sa power above MS, (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through...delight in virtue; And. that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vita philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrir expultrixque.... | |
 | Henry Sass - 1818 - 420 trang
...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 delight in virtue; and that which he delights in must be happy." N 2 CHAPTER XIII. VESUVIUS, HERCULANEUM, AND POMPEII. HIRING a carriage at Naples,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 trang
...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...delight in 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 —... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 trang
...unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I bold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is all Nature...delight in 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 trang
...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...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 trang
...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...delight in 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 —... | |
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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. 
