 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
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1800 - 314 pagina’s
...made in this ** same spot. * When I look back,' said he, on the tombs of the great, every emo* tion dies in me : when I read the, ' epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordi*• nate desire goes out : when I meet with * the grief of parents on. a tomb-stone, my fr heart... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 362 pagina’s
...gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objecls, which others confider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great,...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate tie lire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb done, my heart melts with comp^ifion;... | |
 | John Baillie - 1801 - 642 pagina’s
...gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objefts which others confider with terror. — When I look upon the tombs of the...; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every immoderate defire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-done, my heart melts... | |
 | 1803 - 422 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myselfj with those objects which others consider with terror. ; When...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,... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pagina’s
...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 I...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,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1804 - 450 pagina’s
...upon " the tombs of the great," (says the incomparable Addison) " every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the " epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; " when J meet with the grief of parents, upon a tomb-stone, " my heart melts with compassion ; when I see... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pagina’s
...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 I...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,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in hep most gay and delightful onesi By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I...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,... | |
 | Collection - 1806 - 286 pagina’s
...real value, since Epictetus, the beggar, the cripple, and the slave, was the favourite of heaven. " 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 tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pagina’s
...of death. Solomon the wisest died, Absalom the beauty of /srae/died, and Sampson the strongest died. 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 tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
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