 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
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 266 pàgines
...consider it well; read it, and it will instruct thee, plenius et melius Chrysippo et Crantore. .XLI. o ' 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 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...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 pàgines
...improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs oi the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when...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... | |
 | 1824 - 310 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... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 392 pàgines
...REFLECTIONS. " When I look (says Addison) 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 I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion. When I see the tombs of... | |
 | 1824 - 436 pàgines
...to the same sacred sp about a century forward. 20 21 Desire goes out ; when I meet with the Griefs of Parents upon a Tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the Tombs of the Parents themselves, -I consider the Vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 314 pàgines
...Addison made in this same spot. * When I look back,' said he, ' on the tombs of the great, every emotion dies in me : when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out : when I meet 1 with the grief of parents on a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of... | |
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