 | 1824 - 348 pàgines
...immortality of the soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason's! well ! — Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...— an hereafter, And intimates — eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing — dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd beings, Through what... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pàgines
...Farthest retires — an idol, at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favor'd least. Ibid. IMMORTALITY. It must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well : Else...destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heav'u itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Mdison's Cato. The soul... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 pàgines
...the Soul. A dratcn Sword on the Table, by him. Cato. It must be so — Plato, thou reason's! wellElse whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the aivinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Ueav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity... | |
 | 1824 - 660 pàgines
...Soul : a drau-n sword on thf table by him. Cato. It must be so; Plato, thou reasonest well; Else when this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing...falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on nerself and startles at destruction ? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 pàgines
...Arma en induvr [Ensi manum admoven>ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, $c. IT must be so Plato, thou reason's! well— — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pàgines
...not disdain'd to hear. XV.— Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul IT must be so-^Plato, thou reasonest well '. — Else, whence this pleasing...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tjs the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tiatjieav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 pàgines
...well-known ; but the Soliloquy of Cato is the grand quotation.— It were a sort of derogation to omit it. It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else...out an hereafter, • And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pàgines
...well-known ; but the Soliloquy of Cato is the grand quotation.— It were a sort of derogation to omit it. It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 pàgines
...hand Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul : — a drawn sword lying by him on the table. Cato. It must be so; — Plato, thou reasonest well ; —...soul Back on herself and startles at destruction? "J'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pàgines
...I will better the instruction. Cato's Soliloquy. Shakspeare. IT must be so—Plato, thou reason'st well! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ?— "Pis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
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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, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
