 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...  HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Page 382by KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Full view - About this book
 | 1833 - 332 pages
...in the hollow of thy hand Thy little one will sleep. CATO REASONING ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. IT must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...lose the name of action'. SECTION XXV. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. — ADDISON. IT must be so' — Plato', thou reasonest well' —...immortality'? Or', whence this secret dread' and inward horrour', Of falling into nought'? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction'?... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...Or, whence this secret dread and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul 3ack on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 306 pages
...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...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ?" Whence proceeds the want we feel amidst the variety of objects which surround us? Whence arises... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 pages
...; in his hand Plato's bqok on the Immortality of the Soul ; a drawn sword on the table beside him.] It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Provoked Husband. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.From the Tragedy of Cato, by Addlson. It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else,...stirs within us ; Tis Heaven itself that points out — a hereafter, And intimates — Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou pleasing — dreadful thought... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 pages
...reason's! well !— Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality Í Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what variety of untried being, [pass ? Through... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 pages
...in his hand, Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul ; a drawn smord on the table beside him.] It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well; Else...secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 7 "Pis the divinity that stirs... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1837 - 204 pages
...Plato's Book on (lie Immortality of the Soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. It must be so—Plato, thou reasonest well!— Else whence this pleasing...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at deslruction ? 'Tis the divinity that... | |
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