 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...thr Sea/. TRAGEDY OF CATO. IT must he so — Plato tliou reasouest well ! Else, Whence this plea-ing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality .' Or, Whence this secret dread, and inwaro* horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 pages
...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, This...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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 desire, This...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... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...shrinks the soul back on herself, and startles at destruction 1 Tis the divinity that stirs williin us, 'Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." We are fired in the contemplation, to enjoy endless felicity. Hope cheers our prospects, and supports... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...the Immortality of the Soul. — TRABEDY OF CATO. FT must be so — Plato thou reasonest well ! Else, Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tis heaven itself that points out an Hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity! — thou pleasing,... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...groundwork of Addison's celebrated soliloquy : — • It must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within ua ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." The soul he regarded... | |
 | Luke Booker - Future life - 1822 - 192 pages
...reason's! well: Else, whence this pleasing hope—this fond desire— This longing after immortality 1 Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul •Back en herself, and startles at destruction.? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us, Tis Heav'n itself,... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...sedebis extra fragmina. 662 ACT V. SCENE I. CATO ALONE, &C. It must be so Plato, thou reas'nest we Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...sedebis extra fragmina. ACT Y. SCENE I. CATO ALONE, &C. It must be so Plato, thou reas'nest we Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 286 pages
...well ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, &c. Else whence lhis pjeasing hope, this fond desire. This lunging after immortality ; Or whence this secret dread, and...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction • "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "1'is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, Eternity!... | |
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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... 
