 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 Seiten
...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...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? I 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafteii And intimates... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 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 Heaven...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. r— — — If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 Seiten
...endings, either with or without rhyme, as in the heroick measure. Tis the divinity that stirs within IM, Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Addison. So in that of eight syllables, They neither added nor confounded, They neither wanted DOT... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...d'esire, This longing after immortality ? Or, Whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling inlo nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and...within us : *Tis heaven itself that points out an Hereaftef, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou -pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1859 - 602 Seiten
...horror Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 1 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 Seiten
...whence thisjjfclcasin^ hope, this fond desire, This longing affyimriiortality ? Or, whence thisrecret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Batk on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us, 'Tis heaven... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 Seiten
...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...pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 Seiten
...reason's! well — J!ls<! whence this pleasing hope, this fund desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling...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,... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 Seiten
...reason's! well ! Elee whence this pleasing hope , this fond desire , This longing aftej immortality ? Of falling into nought ! Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at.destruction ï •Tis the il iv itiii y that stirs within us ; ^ ф 'Tis hoaton Цво1Г , that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 Seiten
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cafo's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a power 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... 
