 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
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 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...of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; [140 when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - 576 pagina’s
...others consider with terror. 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 a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,... | |
 | William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - 540 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...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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 pagina’s
...example of this style is furnished in the conclusion of his essay on the tombs in Westminster Abbey: " 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,... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1917 - 690 pagina’s
...monuments are in bad taste; a sailor should not be represented as a beau. He closes with these words: " 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,... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1918 - 428 pagina’s
...everyone's mind as they pass from chapel to chapel of this wonderful choir, and which I therefore quote. "When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...in me: when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, HENRY'S VIFS CHAPEL 285 every inordinate desire goes out : when I meet with the grief of parents upon... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1919 - 168 pagina’s
...happy disposition ; he may be liked by his schoolmates; but the teachers report him as being lazy. When I look upon the tombs of the great every emotion of envy dies in me. At the doorway of his wigwam Sat the ancient Arrow-maker, In the land of the Dacotahs, Making arrow... | |
 | Robert L. Preston - 1919 - 100 pagina’s
...this majestic sepulchre, I felt small sympathy with the feelings of Addison in Westminster Abbey — " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me." Rather did envy possess itself of every fibre of my being. No granite monolith, no carved... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 494 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,... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 266 pagina’s
...altered her person for the worse. Tale of a Tub, sect. ix. JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719 WESTMINSTER ABBEY 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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