 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
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 726 pagina’s
...PKflfTSO »Г 1. КГЛЯЗ, GUILDIlALL-îQUaRE. A View of Death thouldsubdue Envy, Pride, WHEN 1 properly 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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 pagina’s
...in 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 heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 450 pagina’s
...deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means 1 can improve myself with those objects, which others...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,... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pagina’s
...the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. — When...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,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 266 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 pagina’s
...in her deep and solemn scenes with the same pleasure as in hei most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can 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 I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate... | |
 | 1824 - 310 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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 392 pagina’s
...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 parents themselves,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 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 heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
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