 When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see...  Summer flowers, from the garden of wisdom - Pàgina 100per Charles Feist - 1833Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 pàgines
...can be too often reprinted : " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1812 - 384 pàgines
...will find a resting-place and an oblivion. " When I look upon the tombs of the great," says Addison, " every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of... | |
 | John Corry, John Evans - 1816 - 490 pàgines
...compartment of the monument represents a parent kneeling at the tomb of his son. * " When I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of the parent* themseltes, I consider the vanity of griering for those whom we must quickly follow." — ADDISON.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pàgines
...can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tomb of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read'the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of... | |
 | William Upcott - 1818 - 734 pàgines
...so well, Few orators so tenderly can touch The feeling heart. What pathos in the dates!" YOUNG. *• When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out. When I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tombs of... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pàgines
...Bourchier, &c. Viewing such a variety of tombs, I was impressed with a passage from Addison : — " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me. When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out. When 392 FONT... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of... | |
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