 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, Kenneth Deighton - 1901 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 pagina’s
...build a monument. — (A alley's Voyages and Travels, 4 vols. 4to. Lond. 1745.) 25. When, says Addison, 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 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,... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pagina’s
...her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this a of his character make his friends observe these...presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | John Crabtree - 1836 - 604 pagina’s
...linger among such scenes, and not feel what Addison has so beautifully expressed. " When," he says, " I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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 the parents themselves,... | |
 | George Oliver - 1836 - 226 pagina’s
...-cujus desiderio nee pudor est nee modus. " When I look upon the tombs of the great," says Addison, " every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the...inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of parents themselves,... | |
 | 1836 - 1118 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 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,... | |
 | John D'Alton - 1838 - 962 pagina’s
...to sympathize with those fine feelings, which Addison expresses as his on a similar occasion : — " 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 tombstone^ my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves,... | |
 | 1840 - 210 pagina’s
...eseaped." BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. 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 the tombstone, my heart melts with eompassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 262 pagina’s
...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... | |
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