 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...  The British Drama: Tragedies. 2 v - Pàgina 3581804Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Farquhar - 1808 - 338 pàgines
...well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into...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,... | |
 | James Lackington - 1808 - 200 pàgines
...times without number, when alone : -Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction i 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tis heaven...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ADUTSON'S CATO. . It is not my design to adduce the proofs of those doctrines that I have again heartily... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pàgines
...fond desire., This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horroty ©f falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on...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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pàgines
...reason's! 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 sonl Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tig the divinity that stirs within us; Tis Heaven... | |
 | Young lady - 1809 - 204 pàgines
...Back on herself, and startles at destruction ! JTis the divinity that stirs within us: 'Tis Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates...pleasing — dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being. Through what new scenes and changes must we pas*. The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 272 pàgines
...Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, ' This longing after immortality > ' Or whence tins secret dread, and inward horror, ' Of falling into...destruction > « 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 4 'Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, ' And intimates eternity to man. * Eternity! thou... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pàgines
...well !— else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, this longing after immortality? or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, of falling into...soul back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 't is the divinity that stirs within us; 't is Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, and intimates... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 370 pàgines
...••. dse whence this pleasing hope, this fonil desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pàgines
...'.— else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, this longing after immortality ? or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, of falling into...soul back on herself, and startles at destruction? 't is the divinity that stirs within us; 't is Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, and intimates... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pàgines
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime :. Tis the divinity that stirs -within us ; Tis Heaven...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. - If there's a power above u», And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must... | |
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