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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... "
A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets - Page 252
by Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 761 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...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,...
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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...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,...
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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...points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being,' Through what new...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 pages
...Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nor-ght; Why shrinks the soul B ick 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 untry' d !): ing, Thro' what...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 15

British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...Or whence this seciet dread, and inward horror, Of falling into noight? Why shrinks the soul B ick 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 untry'd being, Thro' what new...
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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...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,...
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...Plato'tbook on the 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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried heinc, Through what new...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 6

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...Immortality of the Soul. 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...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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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...in her praise ! CATO. CHAP. VIIL Cato's Soliloquy. JUT must be so — Plato thou reason'st wellElse 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...
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The British Drama: Tragedies. 2 v

1804 - 516 pages
...well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or wheuce this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new...
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