 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 40 pagina’s
...enveloped him, and which has been put in the mouth of every school-boy, in the language of Addison. "—— Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." CATO, Actv. And... | |
 | Raphael - 1841 - 782 pagina’s
...reason's! well ! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality I Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of...at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis hcavon itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. The soul, secured... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pagina’s
...expressed this view of the origin of the conviction : — " It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pagina’s
...with Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul in his hand ; and a drawn sword on the table by him. It must' be so — | Plato, thou reasonest well !...pleasing hope', | this fond desire', | This longing after immortaHty 1 \ Or whence this secret dread, \ and inward horror, | Of falling into nought ? | why shrinks... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pagina’s
...given by Addison. The following is the well-known soliloquy which he puts into the mouth of Cato : " It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? — 'Tis the Divinity... | |
 | 1842 - 380 pagina’s
...prepared at any moment for death ? Try the question ! We have been grateful, but not penitent ! 41 Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ?" Sickness attacks our ease commences its ra em, and fierce disin the midst nl our most blissful enjoyments,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pagina’s
...gesture with the right arm, than to extend both. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. 1. It must be so. — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the divinity that... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pagina’s
...will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pagina’s
...sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason's! wellElse whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? *Tis the divinity that... | |
 | 1844 - 592 pagina’s
...in the past, or yet to come. And yet the very idea of annihilation strikes the soul with horror. " Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This...immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of Tailing into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herielf, and startles at destruction? Tii the divinity... | |
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It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
