 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...  Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan - Pagina 223door Frederick Tupper - 1914 - 459 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1842 - 416 pagina’s
...well-known soliloquy which he puts into the mouth of Cato : " It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...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,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pagina’s
...subject. The following examples will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason'st well — Else whence 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pagina’s
...both. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. 1. It must be so. — Plato, thou reasonest 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 ? 'T is 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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pagina’s
...the Soul in lan hand; and a drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...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 - 1845 - 312 pagina’s
...will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason's! 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 Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pagina’s
...CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. ADDISON. IT m'ust be so' — Pl'ato, thou reasonest we'll — E'lse/ whence this pl'easing ho'pe, this...secret dre'ad, and inward h'orror, Of falling into noug'ht ? Why shrinks the soul * Nouns ending in iiy, and adjectives in ible, should be pronounced... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pagina’s
...will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason's! 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... | |
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