 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
 | Sir Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender - 1921 - 444 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 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... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 400 pagina’s
...INSTRUCTIVE "WHEN I look," (says Addiiou, the delightful moralist, after visiting Westminster Abbey). *' Upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in 'die ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautifnl, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with... | |
 | 1924 - 942 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those middle state" parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | Gertrude Eleanor Hollingworth - 1924 - 148 pagina’s
...to be corrupt, and who had great abilities to manage, to multiply, and defend, his corruptions. 44. 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,... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pagina’s
...same Pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve my self 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 1 see the Tomb of the Parents themselves,... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1266 pagina’s
...same Pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve my self 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,... | |
 | Ralph Philip Boas, Edwin Smith - 1925 - 490 pagina’s
...the moods of the writers. Thus we find Addison writing in a style that is both smooth and dignified: "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 tomb... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those No, indeed ! for God above Is great to grant, as...more lives yet , Through worlds I shall traverse, parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1915 - 628 pagina’s
...interieruiit i Melmoth quotes the reflections of Addison in Westminster Abbey (Spectator, No. 26) : • 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 ; wlien I meet... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - 1915 - 292 pagina’s
...merely to paraphrase it. Addison in his essay on Thoughts in Westminster Abbey, says substantially this: "When I look upon the tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me. When I read the epitaphs of those, some of whom died but yesterday, some of whom died hundreds of years ago, every ignoble ambition... | |
| |
