 | John Bell - 1791 - 292 lehte
...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...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,... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 lehte
...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...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,... | |
 | 1797 - 462 lehte
...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 longing...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
...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?... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1803 - 342 lehte
...ictu simplici ; 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,...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,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 lehte
...pieces, even to the present day, abound with verses of % simple redundant syllable: thus Addison — • 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us, Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.' So, frequently, in our didactic poems, even when subject to the control of rhyme, as in the following... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 lehte
...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 longing...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Pis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 lehte
...*Courage. "fVenera. Satisfaft. Anxiety. "Courage. Firmnefs. Apprehen. Comfort. Noble. Pride. Triumph. This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs "within us ; 'Tis Hea-v'n itself that points out an Hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. (1) Eternity ! - thou pleasing*... | |
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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 nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?... 
