 | 1824
...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, every emotion...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... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 365 σελίδες
...REFLECTIONS. " When I look (says Addison) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me. When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion. When I see the tombs of parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.... | |
 | William Henry Pyne - 1824
...to the same sacred sp about a century forward. 20 21 Desire goes out ; when I meet with the Griefs of Parents upon a Tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the Tombs of the Parents themselves, -I consider the Vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 615 σελίδες
...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, every emotion...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 372 σελίδες
...envy dies in me ; when I read'the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when 1 meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 286 σελίδες
...Addison made in this same spot. * When I look back,' said he, ' on the tombs of the great, every emotion dies in me : when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out : when I meet 1 with the grief of parents on a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont)
...appropriate. " When I look upon tho tombs of the great," says he, " every emotion of envy dies in roe ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate...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 1 consider rival wits... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 213 σελίδες
...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
...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...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... | |
 | William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 700 σελίδες
...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, I... | |
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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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see... 
