 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...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...But when ? or where ? — This world was made for Caesar, I'm weary of conjectures — this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly arm'd — My death, my life,... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 pages
...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...in virtue ; And that which he delights in , must be happv. But when ! or where ! — This world was made" for Cicsar. I'm weary of conjectures — this... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 pages
...me: But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us Through all her works), he must delight in virtue...happy. But when, or where .'—this world was made for Caesar : I'm wear; of conjectures— this must end them. [Laying his Hand on his Sword, Thus am I doubly... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...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...happy. But when ? or where ?—This world was made for Thus am I doubly arm'd. My death and life, My bane and antidote are both before me. This in a moment... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...This 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...virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vitce philosophia dux! 0 virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum.'. Unus... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...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 cries...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 - 566 pages
...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 Nature cries...Virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " O Vita Philosophia Dux! O Virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum ! Unus Dies... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...[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 - 556 pages
...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...virtue; And. that which he delights in must be happy." Another from Cicero, " 0 vita philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrir expultrixque. vitiorum! Unus Dies... | |
 | Henry Sass - 1818 - 420 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
