 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 страници
...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 epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 страници
...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... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 392 страници
..." Then put it in your own shoulders," said the countess. REFLECTIONS. " When I look (says Addison) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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, I consider... | |
 | 1824 - 310 страници
...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 314 страници
...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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 страници
...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... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 страници
...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...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, I consider... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 страници
...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... | |
 | William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 796 страници
...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 of envy dies in me ; when " I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate " desire goes out ; when I meet... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 страници
...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... | |
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When I 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 I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when... 
