 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...had not disdain'd to hear. XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. TRAGEDY or CATO. IT must be so— Plato thou reasonest well ! Else,...Whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling inlo nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 Seiten
...Or, whence thisrecret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Batk on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eterni ty ! — thoii pleasing— dreadful thought ! Through what new scenes and changes must we pass... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 Seiten
...AMERICAN ORATOK— ADDISOJT, Gate's Soliloquy. — ADD; SON. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 Seiten
...sedebis extra fiagminu.' z 2 ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, SfC. ' It must be so Plato, thou reason's! well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; "I'is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...Douglas. 3.—Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the SouL IT must be so — Plato, thou reason' st well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...Or, whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of fatting into nought 'i Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? — 'Tig... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 Seiten
...diidain'd to hear. r XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. — TRABEDY OF CATO. FT must be so — Plato thou reasonest well ! Else, Whence...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... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 Seiten
...prospect of death, — an incident which forms the groundwork of Addison's celebrated soliloquy : — • 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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1823 - 352 Seiten
...tu sedebis extra fragmina.' ACT. V. SCENE I. CATO alone, Sfc. ' It must be so Plato thou reason's! well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis. heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 Seiten
...ear, As Cato's self had not disdain'd to^hear. XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the So IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! —...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 Seiten
...206.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 469 Or, whence this secret dread and inward horrour, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new... | |
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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... 
