 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...  Selections from the Spectator - Pagina 21door Joseph Addison - 1892 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagina’s
...her deep' and solemn' scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay' and delightfur ones. By this means I can improve' myself with those objects which...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 the parents themselves',... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 pagina’s
...her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as hi her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which...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 the parents themselves,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 332 pagina’s
...her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which...inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heartjnelts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pagina’s
...of the little space that exists " between the cradle and the grave." " When I look (says ADDISON,) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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 the parents themselves,... | |
 | Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 pagina’s
...directed, and affords the only secure passport through the regions of darkness and sorrow. MELMOTH. When I look upon the tombs of the Great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the... | |
 | 576 pagina’s
...much of what the elegant Addison has so beautifully expressed? — "When," he says, "I look upon tke tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in...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 tombs of the parents themselves,... | |
 | Watson Adams - 1834 - 278 pagina’s
...condition for eternity. Collier. 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 I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pagina’s
...delightful ones'. By this means', I can improve myself with objects which others consider •with terrour'. 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 I meet... | |
 | 1834 - 430 pagina’s
...would fain have found among the smooth stones of the brook the strength it jieeded. — Mrs. Sigourney. WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsakes me ; when I meet with... | |
 | Watson Adams - 1834 - 290 pagina’s
...disengaged, to inspect our practice, to state our accounts, and examine our condition for eternity. Collier. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me 4 when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet... | |
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