 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...thr Sea/. TRAGEDY OF CATO. IT must he so — Plato tliou reasouest well ! Else, Whence this plea-ing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality .' Or, Whence this secret dread, and inwaro* horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 pages
...sedebis extra fiagminu.' z 2 ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, SfC. ' It must be so Plato, thou reason's! well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; "I'is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...Douglas. 3.—Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the SouL IT must be so — Plato, thou reason' st well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...Or, whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of fatting into nought 'i Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? — 'Tig... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...diidain'd to hear. r XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. — TRABEDY OF CATO. FT must be so — Plato thou reasonest well ! Else, Whence...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...As Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear. XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul. 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 nought... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...prospect of death, — an incident which forms the groundwork of Addison's celebrated soliloquy : — • 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 that... | |
 | Spectator The - 1823 - 352 pages
...tu sedebis extra fragmina.' ACT. V. SCENE I. CATO alone, Sfc. ' It must be so Plato thou reason's! well Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis. heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...ear, As Cato's self had not disdain'd to^hear. XV. — Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the So IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! —...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... | |
 | 1823 - 392 pages
...sedebis extra fragmina. 662 ACT V. SCENE I. CATO ALONE, &C. It must be so Plato, thou reas'nest we 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...lllresa tu sedebis extra fragmina. ACT Y. SCENE I. CATO ALONE, &C. It must be so Plato, thou reas'nest we 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... | |
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Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. 
