 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...  Harrison's British Classicks - Page 531786Full view - About this book
 | Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...PKflfTSO »Г 1. КГЛЯЗ, GUILDIlALL-îQUaRE. A View of Death thouldsubdue Envy, Pride, WHEN 1 properly 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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...gay and 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,...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...gay and 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,...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. — When I look upon the tombs of the...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 266 pages
...consider it well; read it, and it will instruct thee, plenius et melius Chrysippo et Crantore. .XLI. o ' When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 632 pages
...improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs oi the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when...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... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...gay and 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,...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;... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...gay and 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,...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;... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - Brothers and sisters - 1825 - 314 pages
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...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... | |
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