 | John Bell - 1791 - 292 σελίδες
...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 this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought \ Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the... | |
 | 1797 - 462 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 σελίδες
...CATO solus, sitting in a thoughtful posture : in his hand Plato's booh on the Immortality of the Soul. 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 at destruction ? 'Tis the... | |
 | 1800 - 322 σελίδες
...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?... | |
 | 1803 - 342 σελίδες
...hxc vetant mori. ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, &c. IT must be so Plato, thou reasonest well Else why this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing...Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ! Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ! 'Tis the... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 σελίδες
...Immortality of the Soul. A drawn word on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thon reasonest well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...Or 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 σελίδες
...A drawn sword on the table by him. J_T 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 falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 σελίδες
...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...Or 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... | |
 | 1804 - 510 σελίδες
...of the Soul. A drawn ncord on the table by him. 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, иnН inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 σελίδες
...*Courage. "fVenera. Satisfaft. Anxiety. "Courage. Firmnefs. Apprehen. Comfort. Noble. Pride. Triumph. 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 at destruction ? 'Tis... | |
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Why shrinks the soul Back 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. 
