 | John Bird Sumner - 1818 - 416 páginas
...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 páginas
...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 cries...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.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 páginas
...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...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 - 304 páginas
...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...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 - 410 páginas
...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 - 410 páginas
...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 - 366 páginas
...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...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 - 398 páginas
...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...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 - 428 páginas
...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 - 430 páginas
...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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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. 
