| T Nixon - 1806 - 176 σελίδες
...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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the ranity of grieving for those whom we must quick. Jy follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed... | |
| 1806 - 284 σελίδες
...may be likewise admonished by it, not to lay any stress on a man's outward circumstances, in makmg an estimate of his real value, since Epictetus, the...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 ; when I... | |
| John Bew - 1807 - 408 σελίδες
...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...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet will) the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I consider the... | |
| George Horne - 1808 - 320 σελίδες
...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...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for " thorn whom we mnst quickly follow; when I see " kings lying by those who deposed them, when I " consider... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 σελίδες
...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...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, I consider... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 702 σελίδες
...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...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 ; when I... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1808 - 306 σελίδες
...look upon the tombs of the great, (says the incomparable Addison,) every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...out; when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombReasonable, however, as these reflections are, I would call you from them awhile, in order to lead... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 710 σελίδες
...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out-; whei: I mei't with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb...I consider the vanity of grieving for those, whom me must quickly follow. When I see kinirs lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 σελίδες
...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, every emotion...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings l\ing by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 σελίδες
...can be too often reprinted : " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits... | |
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