 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
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 262 pàgines
...and the effect which it had on the mind of the celebrated Addison is thus beautifully expressed : " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1919 - 168 pàgines
...happy disposition ; he may be liked by his schoolmates; but the teachers report him as being lazy. When I look upon the tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me. At the doorway of his wigwam Sat the ancient Arrow-maker, In the land of the Dacotahs, Making arrow... | |
 | Robert L. Preston - 1919 - 100 pàgines
...this majestic sepulchre, I felt small sympathy with the feelings of Addison in Westminster Abbey — " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me." Rather did envy possess itself of every fibre of my being. No granite monolith, no carved... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 492 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... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 272 pàgines
...altered her person for the worse. Tale of a Tub, sect. ix. JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719 WESTMINSTER ABBEY 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... | |
 | Mabel Irene Rich - 1921 - 582 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... | |
 | Sir Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender - 1921 - 444 pàgines
...those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every motion 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 the tomb of... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 400 pàgines
...INSTRUCTIVE "WHEN I look," (says Addiiou, the delightful moralist, after visiting Westminster Abbey). *' Upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in 'die ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautifnl, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with... | |
 | Gertrude Eleanor Hollingworth - 1924 - 148 pàgines
...to be corrupt, and who had great abilities to manage, to multiply, and defend, his corruptions. 44. 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... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 396 pàgines
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve my self 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... | |
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