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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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Summer flowers, from the garden of wisdom

Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 lehte
...directed, and affords the only secure passport through the regions of darkness and sorrow. MELMOTH. 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 the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion...
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The Saturday Magazine ..., 1. köide

1833 - 814 lehte
...of the little space that exists " between the cradle and the grave." " When I look (says ADDISON,) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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 Printing machine (or, Companion to the library) [ed. by J.H.L. Hunt].

576 lehte
...much of what the elegant Addison has so beautifully expressed? — "When," he says, "I look upon tke tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in...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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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 lehte
...delightful ones'. By this means', I can improve myself with objects which others consider •with terrour'. 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...
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - 1834 - 290 lehte
...disengaged, to inspect our practice, to state our accounts, and examine our condition for eternity. Collier. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me 4 when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet...
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Rural Repository, 10–11. köide

1834 - 430 lehte
...would fain have found among the smooth stones of the brook the strength it jieeded. — Mrs. Sigourney. WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsakes me ; when I meet with...
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The Constitution of Society: As Designed by God

Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 lehte
...build a monument. — (A alley's Voyages and Travels, 4 vols. 4to. Lond. 1745.) 25. When, says Addison, 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...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His ..., 17. köide

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 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,...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 Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, 1–2. köide

1836 - 932 lehte
...gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider s as foils that rather set off than blemish his good...finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone o desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion;...
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A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York

John Crabtree - 1836 - 604 lehte
...linger among such scenes, and not feel what Addison has so beautifully expressed. " When," he says, " 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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