 | James Burgh - 1792 - 410 Seiten
...herfelf, and ftartles at deftrutlion ? 'Tis the Divinity th&tftirs within us ; AWE. 'Tis Heav'n itfelf that points out an Hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. * Eternity ! thou f leafing * dreadful f * SATISF. *LL* » • t APPRE. thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being,... | |
 | 1795 - 846 Seiten
...[tartlet at dcllruiftioe '! 'TU the divinity that ftirs mithin as ; т о. »il 'Tú heaven iiftlf, that points out an hereafter, And Intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou plea&ng, dreadful thought I Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new fcenes and changes... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 Seiten
...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...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide,... | |
 | 1797 - 462 Seiten
...table by him. 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 horrer, Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction... | |
 | David Hume - 1799 - 142 Seiten
...herfelf, and ftartles at deftrudtion? 'Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itfelf , that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleafing , dreadful , thought ! Through what variety ofuntry'd being, Through what new fcenes and changes... | |
 | 1800 - 322 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 Seiten
...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 divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity '. thou pleasing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 Seiten
...be sr Plato, thou rcason'st well . Else whence tliis pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longii g after immortality ? 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 divinity that... | |
 | 1803 - 342 Seiten
...I. CATO alone, &c. IT must be so Plato, thou reasonest well Else why this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide,... | |
 | 1803 - 222 Seiten
...it excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's Soliloquy are at once easy and sublime. 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a pow'r above us, And that there is all Nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must... | |
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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 nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
