 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...the following piece of instructive eloquence : — " When I look," says the delightful moralist, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...delightful ones. By this means l can improve myself with objects which others consider with terrour. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when 1 read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief... | |
 | Samuel Felton - Gardeners - 1830 - 270 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... | |
 | William Henney - Epitaphs - 1830 - 68 pages
...subject, that the Editor trusts his Readers will be pleased at their introduction in this Advertisement. " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves, I see the vanity of grieving for those whom they must quickly follow;... | |
 | Philo Vectis - Isle of Wight (England) - 1830 - 146 pages
...since quitted this changing scene. Some interesting inscriptions invite the reader's sympathy, but "when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I seethe tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly... | |
 | Manuscript memorials - 1831 - 238 pages
...by a celebrated author, in a survey of the tombs in Westminster Abbey:— " When I look," says he, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of the parents, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...delightfur 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'... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 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 1 see kings lying by those who deposed... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...of the little space that exists " between the cradle and the grave." " When I look (says ADDISON,) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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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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... 
