 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pàgines
...aws, not legislatures." Solemn and Impressive Thoughts. 21. "It must be so; — Plato, thou reaaonest well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...? * . Tis the divinity that stirs within us , 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Clericus M.A., Cantab, pseud - 1848 - 960 pàgines
...well-known soliloquy which he puts into the mouth of Cato: — " It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...— 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man."14 14 The ascription of... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pàgines
...Milton. XVIII. CATO'S SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. It must be so ! — Plato, thou reasonest well ! — Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond...— 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing... | |
 | Reciter - 1848 - 262 pàgines
...more the destiny of mighty states, But there's a Will that orders it.— Caotr. CATO'S SOI.II.OQU7. It must be so : — Plato, thou reason'st well ! Else,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction j — 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And... | |
 | David Heagle - 1920 - 232 pàgines
...realized. Or, in the familiar words of Addison, we may say : It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'See Note i, p. 181, showing... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 pàgines
...immortality of the soul; a drawn sword on the table by him. Goto. IT must be so. Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1922 - 174 pàgines
...posture; in his hand Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul; a drawn sword on the table beside him.] Cato. It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st...destruction? Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pàgines
...Wallenstein's Tod. III. 4. 9. IMMORTALITY (See also DEATH) 3 It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ADDISON— Cato. Act V.... | |
 | Dennis John Kavanagh - 1922 - 280 pàgines
...familiar. Many of us in our school days committed to memory his sublime expression of Cato's soliloquy: "It must be so. Plato, thou reason'st well ! Else...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction? Tis the Divinity that stirs... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 pàgines
...profound? How would you describe it ? Discuss the meter — its regularity, melody, and power. (1) It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well, Else...destruction? — 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. (2) Be wise to-day : 'tis... | |
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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... 
