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" 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... "
Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ... - Page 106
by Select lessons - 1785
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Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from ...

T Nixon - 1806 - 176 lehte
...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...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...
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A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, 1. köide

Collection - 1806 - 286 lehte
...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...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...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical ..., 1. köide

1806 - 284 lehte
...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...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out j when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion...
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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1807 - 408 lehte
...dead; nor can any thing be more just and beautiful than Mr. Addison's reflections on this subject: "When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet will) the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion...
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Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects, and from Various Authors, &c ...

George Horne - 1808 - 320 lehte
...to me for bringing them again into his remembrance, by closing this paper with a citation of them: " When I look upon the tombs" of the great, " every..." 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 "...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, 5. köide

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 702 lehte
...gorgeous language which we find in the popular authors of more modern times : " When I look," says he, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; whet: I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, 5. köide

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 lehte
...which we find in the popular authors of more modern times : •' When I look," says he, "upon the tomba of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when...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...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 lehte
...and delightful one«. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great,...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;...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, 3. köide

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 lehte
...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,...; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every * If he had said, " To pass a judgment on," the double genitive caie had been avoided. KSS, I ^ inordidate...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, 3. köide

Nathan Drake - 1811 - 424 lehte
...obligation to me for bringing them again into his remembrance, by closing this paper with a citation. " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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...
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