 | Joseph Addison - 1810
...pleasing hope, this fond desire, this longing after immortality ? or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, of falling into nought? Why shrinks...soul back on herself, and startles at destruction? 't is the divinity that stirs within us; 't is Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, and intimates... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811
...pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? why shrinks...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 - 1812 - 766 pagine
...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 - 407 pagine
...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
...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... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815
...this pleasing hope, this fund desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? Why shrinks...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 - 184 pagine
...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
...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 407 pagine
...hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality .' Or, Whence this secret dread, and inwaro* horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tie heaven itself that points out an Hereafter And intimates Kteinity to man. Eternity .'— thou... | |
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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... 
