 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
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 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,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 886 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,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 450 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means 1 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,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823
...consider it well; read it, and it will instruct thee, plenius et melius Chrysippo et Crantore. .XLI. o ' 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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 642 pagina’s
...same pleasure as in hei 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 oi the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate... | |
 | 1824 - 310 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,... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 390 pagina’s
...REFLECTIONS. " When I look (says Addison) 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 a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion. When I see the tombs of parents themselves,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 314 pagina’s
...Addison made in this same spot. * When I look back,' said he, ' on the tombs of the great, every emotion dies in me : when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out : when I meet 1 with the grief of parents on a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 490 pagina’s
...appropriate. " When I look upon tho tombs of the great," says he, " every emotion of envy dies in roe ; 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 see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
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