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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... "
The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ... - Page 311
by William Enfield - 1804 - 376 pages
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British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison ...

John Bell - 1791 - 292 pages
...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...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought I Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass J The wide,...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 3

John Bell - 1797 - 462 pages
...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...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide,...
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Bell's British Theatre: Douglas, by J. Home. ... The alchymist, altered from ...

1797 - 462 pages
...of the 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...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrer, Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks...destruction? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,...
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Select British Classics, Volume 18

1803 - 342 pages
...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, This longing...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide,...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 408 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...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 heav'n...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a pow'r above us, And that there is all Nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing. An Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...*Courage. "fVenera. Satisfaft. Anxiety. "Courage. Firmnefs. Apprehen. Comfort. Noble. Pride. Triumph. This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...points out an Hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. (1) Eternity ! - thou pleasing* - dreadful^ thought ! Through what -variety of untry'd being, Through...
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...Immortality of the Soul. A drawn word on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thon reasonest well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...destruction? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 6

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...A 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...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Pis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing,...
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