 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...turn awry. And lose the name of action ! Shakspeare. LESSON II. CATO ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! Else,...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us, 'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou pleasing... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...Soliloquy' on the Immortality of the Soul. — TRAGEDY OF CATO. 1. It must be so — Plato, f thou reasonest well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...divinity that stirs within us : .'•••' 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. 2. Eternity ! — thou pleasing,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...and his God. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! — Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...? — Tis the Divinity that stirs within us : Tis Heaven itself that points out — a hereafter, And intimates — Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou... | |
 | 1839 - 544 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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...longing after immortality'? Or', whence this secret dread' and inward horrour', Of falling into naught'? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...stirs within us', 'Tis heav'n itself that points out a hereafter', And intimates eternity to man'. Eternity'! — Thou pleasing', dreadful thought'! Through... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 298 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 the... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...in his familiar and apt soliloquy, has expressed this view of the origin of the conviction : — " It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — Else...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...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,...— 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." * Now admitting for the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...same subject. The following examples will sufficiently elucidate the force and beauty of Emphasis. " It must be so — Plato thou reason'st well — Else...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought Thro" what variety of untry'd being, Thro* what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, th'... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...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...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the divinity that stirs within us 'T is 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... 
