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... English Grammar for the Use of Schools - Página 136por Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| General reader - 1827 - 246 páginas
...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 the grief... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 páginas
...the following piece of instructive eloquence : — " When I look," says the delightful moralist, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side,... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...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 - 1830 - 270 páginas
...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 grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or... | |
| William Henney - 1830 - 68 páginas
...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 - 1830 - 146 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
| 1832 - 406 páginas
...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 grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...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...of grieving for those' whom we must quickly follow' : when I see kings lying by those who deposed' them ; when I consider rival wits placed side' by side',... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 páginas
...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 grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When 1 see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side,... | |
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