 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...the soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason's! well ! — Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire ! This...— 'Tis the divinity, that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out — an hereafter, And intimates — eternity to man. Eternity ! thou... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...oft'nest sacrifice are favor'd least. Ibid. IMMORTALITY. It must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well : Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heav'u itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Mdison's Cato. The soul... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 458 pages
...Immortality of the Soul. A dratcn Sword on the Table, by him. Cato. It must be so — Plato, thou reason's! wellElse whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the aivinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Ueav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 660 pages
...Soul : a drau-n sword on thf table by him. Cato. It must be so; Plato, thou reasonest well; Else when this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing...falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on nerself and startles at destruction ? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Apologetics - 1825 - 288 pages
...manum admoven>ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, $c. IT must be so Plato, thou reason's! well— — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes, must we pass? The wide,... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul IT must be so-^Plato, thou reasonest well '. — Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tjs the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tiatjieav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...quotation.— It were a sort of derogation to omit it. It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us — 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - London (England) - 1826 - 556 pages
...quotation.— It were a sort of derogation to omit it. It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us — 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, • And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 512 pages
...drawn sword lying by him on the table. Cato. It must be so; — Plato, thou reasonest well ; — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...soul Back on herself and startles at destruction? "J'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...better the instruction. Cato's Soliloquy. Shakspeare. IT must be so—Plato, thou reason'st well! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ?— "Pis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
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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... 
