 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 naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...  Evidences of Christianity - Page 203by Joseph Addison - 1825 - 239 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1797 - 462 lehte
...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...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 lehte
...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,...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?... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 lehte
...be sr Plato, thou rcason'st well . Else whence tliis pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longii g after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nor-ght; Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that... | |
 | 1804 - 510 lehte
...Immortality 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,...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 lehte
...Immortality nf the Soul. A drawn sword 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 wheuce this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on... | |
 | 1806 - 330 lehte
...death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee. SOLILOQUY. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. ADDISON. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason's! well ! Else...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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 lehte
...purity, and elegance of phrase. CATO alone, %c. " It must he so — Plato, thou reason's! wellElse whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire* This...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 lehte
...%vanton in her praise ! CATQ. CHAP. VIII. CATO's SOLILOQUY. It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horroty ©f falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 446 lehte
...Immortality of the Soul. A drawn Sword on the Table, by him. Cato. It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality i Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 272 lehte
...Hie nodum hie omnem expediet, Jlrma en iniluor. [Ensi manum admovei^ ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, * IT must be so Plato, thou reason's! well— * Else...desire, ' This longing after immortality > ' Or whence tins secret dread, and inward horror, ' Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul • Back on herself,... | |
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