 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 - Página 21por Joseph Addison - 1892 - 220 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 páginas
...ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of...; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every • If he had said, " To pass a judgment on," the double genitive ca§e had been avoided. inordidate... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1812 - 384 páginas
...will find a resting-place and an oblivion. " When I look upon the tombs of the great," says Addison, " every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...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 Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I...every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 páginas
...can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tomb of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I...the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read'the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of... | |
 | William Upcott - 1818 - 734 páginas
...so well, Few orators so tenderly can touch The feeling heart. What pathos in the dates!" YOUNG. *• When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...inordinate desire goes out. When I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tombs of parents themselves,... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 páginas
...Bourchier, &c. Viewing such a variety of tombs, I was impressed with a passage from Addison : — " 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 392 FONT... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 páginas
...the same pleasure as in her most gay' and delightful' ones. By this means I can improve' myself with objects which others' consider with terror'. When...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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