 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...longing after immortality ?2 Or, whence this secret dread, and inward horror, 5 Of falling into nought ?6 Why shrinks the• soul Back on herself, and startles...out — an hereafter, And intimates — eternity to man.3 10 Eternity !' — thou pleasing — dreadful thought!5 Through what variety of untried being,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason's! well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that... | |
 | Veterinary medicine - 1845 - 904 pages
...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out au hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." And who can estimate the value of a soul immortal ? "... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...the scale. EXAMPLES OF " VERY LOW " PITCH. Deep Solemnity, Sublimity, and Awe. Cato, [in soliloquy.] Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the Divinity that... | |
 | Veterinary medicine - 1845 - 492 pages
...do no more ? Is this the whole of being? Is there no hereafter? Then is man most miserable. But— "Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1846 - 668 pages
...longing after immortality 1 Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into naught T Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." — Addison's Cato. Without pretending to have given more than a brief synopsis of the argument from... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...points out an hereafter And intimates eternity to man. 2. Eternity! — thou. pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...right arm, than to extend both. 30. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OP THE SOUL. — Addison. 1. It must be so. — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that... | |
 | Joshua Bates - Character - 1846 - 484 pages
...not real. This whole argument of ancient philosophy has been beautifully expressed in modern poetry : Plato, thou reasonest well! — Else whence this pleasing...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction. 'Tis the Divinity that... | |
 | Joshua Bates - Christian life - 1846 - 644 pages
...not real. This whole argument of ancient philosophy has been beautifully expressed in modern poetry: Plato, thou reasonest well ! — Else whence this...? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of fulling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction. T is the Divinity... | |
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It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
