 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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I...  Spindrift: Salt from the Ocean of English Prose - Pagina 153geredigeerd door - 1921 - 417 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | David Thomas - 674 pagina’s
...ABBEY. " When I look," says this instructive moralist, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me : when I read the epitaphs of the...every inordinate desire goes out. When I meet with the griefs of parents upon a tomb-stone my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pagina’s
...the inscription', tell me the victor's name. When I look upon the tombs of the great', every emotion of envy' dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of...for those whom we must quickly follow' ; when I see kin^s lying by those who deposed' them, when I consider wits placed side by s'ide, or the holy men... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 414 pagina’s
...of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs of the beauti-i<> ful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider... | |
 | Westminster Abbey - 1901 - 158 pagina’s
...those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the...grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when T see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the... | |
 | Violet Brooke-Hunt - 1902 - 442 pagina’s
...beautiful festoons of seaweed, shells, and coral When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those that we must quickly follow.... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pagina’s
...others consider with terror. 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...grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with i Sir Cloudesly Shovel, a brave man of humble birth, who, from a cabin boy, became, through merit,... | |
 | George Riddle - 1902 - 648 pagina’s
...objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the...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, I consider... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1902 - 516 pagina’s
...look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me: when I read the epitaphs of fhe beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out: when...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 fillow:... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 418 pagina’s
...gay and delightful ones. 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...desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pagina’s
...this has passed away. — " ANVAK-I-SUHAILI."* 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 with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion... | |
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