 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
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pàgines
...appropriate. " When I look upon tho tombs of the great," says he, " every emotion of envy dies in roe ; when I read the epitaphs of 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... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pàgines
...moving how express and admirable ! in action how like an angel ! in apprehension how like a god ! 5. 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 passion expires ; when I meet... | |
 | William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 796 pàgines
...obliterated to be deciphered. A quotation from Addison may serve as a proper conclusion of this article : " 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 tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; " when I see the tombs... | |
 | 1827 - 316 pàgines
...having effected this, the approbation of God and their own conscience may follow on as they can. Lacon. 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... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pàgines
...obedience to him, and of our fitness to be made members of his kingdom. Dr. Samuel Clarke's Sermons. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when 1 read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 pàgines
...the following piece of instructive eloquence : — " When I look," says the delightful moralist, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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 - 1829 - 420 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means l can improve myself with objects which others consider with terrour. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when 1 read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1830 - 270 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 Henney - 1830 - 68 pàgines
...subject, that the Editor trusts his Readers will be pleased at their introduction in this Advertisement. " 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 tombs of... | |
 | Philo Vectis - 1830 - 146 pàgines
...this changing scene. Some interesting inscriptions invite the reader's sympathy, but "when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I seethe tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly... | |
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