 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 292 pages
...by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — £lse whence this pleasing hope, this fo.id desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought I Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass J The wide,... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pages
...[tartlet at dcllruiftioe '! 'TU the divinity that ftirs mithin as ; т о. »il 'Tú heaven iiftlf, that points out an hereafter, And Intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou plea&ng, dreadful thought I Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new fcenes and changes... | |
 | James Burgh - 1792 - 410 pages
...herfelf, and ftartles at deftrutlion ? 'Tis the Divinity th&tftirs within us ; AWE. 'Tis Heav'n itfelf that points out an Hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. * Eternity ! thou f leafing * dreadful f * SATISF. *LL* » • t APPRE. thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being,... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...of the Soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so— Plato, thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrer, Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction... | |
 | David Hume - 1799 - 142 pages
...herfelf, and ftartles at deftrudtion? 'Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itfelf , that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleafing , dreadful , thought ! Through what variety ofuntry'd being, Through what new fcenes and changes... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. ADD1SON. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...Or whence this seciet dread, and inward horror, Of falling into noight? Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity '. thou pleasing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 320 pages
...be sr Plato, thou rcason'st well . Else whence tliis pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longii g after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nor-ght; Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...it excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's Soliloquy are at once easy and sublime. 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a pow'r above us, And that there is all Nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...in her praise ! CATO. CHAP. VIIL Cato's Soliloquy. JUT must be so — Plato thou reason'st wellElse whence this pleasing hope , this fond desire , This...to man. Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Thro1 what variety of untry'd being , Thro' what new scenes and changes must we pass! The wide , th'... | |
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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 nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
