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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... "
Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from ... - Page 138
by T Nixon - 1806 - 162 pages
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 18, Parts 1-2

British prose literature - 1821 - 324 pages
...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 emotion...envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beantiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone,...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When [ as sufficiently discovered hers in this. I will lay...wager she pleases against her present favourite, and vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When 1 sec kings lying by those who deposed...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...your study is by far the greatest. London, 1821. . Q. MR^ADDISON'S REFLECTIONS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. "WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the bt.autiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone,...
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Collectaneous Epitaphs: Chiefly Designed to Assist Surviving Relations in ...

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...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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Olla podrida

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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 5-6

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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...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...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed...
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