| 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... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 954 lehte
...the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that ears within us ; T¡3 Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternitv ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Thronen what variety of untried being, The wide, the unbounded... | |
| John Stirling - 1806 - 118 lehte
...naught ? Why fhrinks the foul Back on herfelf, and ftartles at deftru&ion ? *Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ,'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an...•» And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity/ thou pleafing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new fcenes and changes... | |
| 1806 - 330 lehte
...horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction f 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, A And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of... | |
| Spectator The - 1808 - 348 lehte
...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 itself...hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thon pleasing, dreadful thonght ! " Throcgh what variety of untry'd heing, Throngh what new scenes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 370 lehte
...Of falling into nought. ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? "I'is the divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself...hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! lliou pleasing dreadful thought ! ' Through what variety of untry'd being, Thro' what new scenes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 lehte
...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... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 lehte
...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafteii And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 lehte
...it 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. r— — — If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 lehte
...endings, either with or without rhyme, as in the heroick measure. Tis the divinity that stirs within IM, Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Addison. So in that of eight syllables, They neither added nor confounded, They neither wanted DOT... | |
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