 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
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 pagina’s
...can be too often reprinted : " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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 others consider with terror. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1812 - 384 pagina’s
...will find a resting-place and an oblivion. " 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 upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 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 I...every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pagina’s
...deep and solemn scenei, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means T can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tomb of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 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 I...the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read'the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of... | |
 | William Upcott - 1818 - 734 pagina’s
...so well, Few orators so tenderly can touch The feeling heart. What pathos in the dates!" YOUNG. *• When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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,... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pagina’s
...Bourchier, &c. Viewing such a variety of tombs, I was impressed with a passage from Addison : — " 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 392 FONT... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 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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