 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.  The British drama - Page 358by British drama - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 lehte
....'» "Whence springs this pleasing hope the fond desire,. This longing after immortality ? Mvrsf Or whence this secret dread and inward horror/' "-^...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?" > ' .:- . - « V>3S It may likewise be proper to notice here, the tmxidy manifested by... | |
 | British theatre - 1831 - 922 lehte
...reason's! well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immorlalily? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of...destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tis heav'ii itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1831 - 288 lehte
...actions the most beneficent, and heroic, on what principle is it to be accounted for? *' Whence springs this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing...whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of fallipg into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?" Whence... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 lehte
...Douglas die. HOME, 3 CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. IT must be so Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope,...stirs within us-: 'Tis Heaven itself that points out a hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing dreadful thought... | |
 | 1832 - 438 lehte
...thou reasonest well Else why this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality P Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling...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... | |
 | 1833 - 332 lehte
...Thy little one will sleep. CATO REASONING ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. IT must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else whence this pleasing hope ...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; "Pis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 lehte
...dejection and disquietude. We might safely assert that such natural reasonings, and meditations as " Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...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,... | |
 | Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 lehte
...the still small voice " within us will effectually speak peace to the troubled waters of our souls. " Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." The wisest men, in all ages, have expressed some faint... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 lehte
...XXV. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. ADDISON. IT must be so' Plato', thou reasonest well' Else', whence this pleasing hope',...immortality'? Or', whence this secret dread' and inward horrour', Of falling into nought'? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction'?... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 lehte
...The note of interrogation (?) is inserted at the end of a sentence which contains a question; as, " Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us." &c., and also to invocations or addresses; HS, " Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!" The following... | |
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