 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 Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - 586 psl.redagavo - 1808Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1824 - 310 psl.
...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...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... | |
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - 1824 - 392 psl.
...REFLECTIONS. " When I look (says Addison) 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 I see... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 psl.
...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...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1825 - 314 psl.
...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 : when I... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 psl.
...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 desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see... | |
 | William Watson (F.A.S.) - 1827 - 796 psl.
...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...the beautiful, every inordinate " desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents " on a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; " when... | |
 | 1827 - 316 psl.
...this, the approbation of God and their own conscience may follow on as they can. Lacon. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 psl.
...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 the grief... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 psl.
...the following piece of instructive eloquence : — " When I look," says the delightful moralist, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 psl.
...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... | |
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