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
| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 páginas
...moving how express and admirable ! in action how like an angel ! in apprehension how like a god ! 5. 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 passion expires ; when I meet... | |
| 1827 - 316 páginas
...having effected this, the approbation of God and their own conscience may follow on as they can. Lacon. 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,... | |
| William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 796 páginas
...obliterated to be deciphered. A quotation from Addison may serve as a proper conclusion of this article : " When I look upon the tombs " of the great, every emotion..." desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents " on a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; " when I see the tombs of parents themselves,... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 páginas
...obedience to him, and of our fitness to be made members of his kingdom. Dr. Samuel Clarke's Sermons. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when 1 read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 páginas
...the following piece of instructive eloquence : — " When I look," says the delightful moralist, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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 Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...delightful ones. By this means l can improve myself with objects which others consider with terrour. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when 1 read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief... | |
| William Henney - 1830 - 68 páginas
...subject, that the Editor trusts his Readers will be pleased at their introduction in this Advertisement. " 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 parents themselves,... | |
| Manuscript memorials - 1831 - 238 páginas
...by a celebrated author, in a survey of the tombs in Westminster Abbey:— " When I look," says he, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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, I consider... | |
| 1832 - 406 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 - 1832 - 428 páginas
...same pleasure as in her most gay' and delightfur 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',... | |
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