 | 1797 - 462 էջ
...Immortality 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...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrer, Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction... | |
 | 1800 - 322 էջ
...thee. A 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 secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs... | |
 | 1814 - 652 էջ
...more vivid in proportion as the prospect of eternity approaches. Mr. Ogilvie considers these lines, " Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into naught,". as terms synonimous. Here the criticism appears to us inaccurate. All of us, for instance, have a natural... | |
 | 1803 - 342 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | 1804 - 510 էջ
...poiture : in hit hand P lato'a book on the Immortality of the Soul. A drawn ncord on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well. Else...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... | |
 | 1804 - 516 էջ
...posture : in his hand Plato's book on the Immortality nf the Soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well. Else...this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or wheuce this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 էջ
...Plato'tbook on the 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...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?... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 էջ
...Immortality of the Soul. 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...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?... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 էջ
...potture : in Ait hand Plato'i book on the IminortuUty of the Soul. A drawn »word on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This looping after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 էջ
...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...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... | |
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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. 
