 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...into nought? 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. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being,' Through what new... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...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, dreadful thought ! ' Through what variety of untry'd being, Thro' what new... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...Cato's Soliloquy are at once easy and sublime. 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itself that 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 delight... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...into nought ? 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. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried heinc, Through what new... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that ears within us ; T¡3 Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternitv ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Thronen what variety of untried being, The wide, the unbounded... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Pis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new... | |
 | John Stirling - English language - 1806 - 118 pages
...naught ? Why fhrinks the foul Back on herfelf, and ftartles at deftru&ion ? *Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ,'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an Hereafter •» And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity/ thou pleafing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1808 - 200 pages
...alone : -Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction i 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ADUTSON'S CATO. . It is not my design to adduce the proofs... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...into nought? why shrinks the sonl Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tig the divinity that stirs within us; Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thon pleasing, dreadful thonght ! " Throcgh what variety of untry'd heing, Throngh what... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime :. Tis the divinity that stirs -within us ; Tis Heaven itself that points out...an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. - If there's a power above u», And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must delight... | |
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Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. 
