 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...  The British Prose Writers - Página 261821Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808
...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 I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out } when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811
...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...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,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811
...obligation to me for bringing them again into his remembrance, by closing this paper with a citation. " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811
...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...envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every * If he had said, " To pass a judgment on," the double genitive caie had been avoided.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811
...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 envy dies in me ; 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.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811
...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 epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone,... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1812
...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 epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone,... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 407 páginas
...delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs 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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816
...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...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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816
...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... | |
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