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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... "
A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions: On the Most ... - Page xv
by Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 517 pages
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Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11

1834 - 430 pages
...have found among the smooth stones of the brook the strength it jieeded. — Mrs. Sigourney. WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsakes me ; when I meet with...
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The Constitution of Society: As Designed by God

Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 pages
...a monument. — (A alley's Voyages and Travels, 4 vols. 4to. Lond. 1745.) 25. When, says Addison, I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of...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 the tomb...
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An historical and descriptive account of the collegiate church of Wolverhampton

George Oliver - 1836 - 226 pages
...nee modus. " When I look upon the tombs of the great," says Addison, " 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 on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His ..., Volume 17

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 pages
...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...
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The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 932 pages
...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...
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A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York

John Crabtree - 1836 - 602 pages
...linger among such scenes, and not feel what Addison has so beautifully expressed. " When," he says, " 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...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...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...
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The History of the County of Dublin

John D'Alton - 1838 - 960 pages
...sympathize with those fine feelings, which Addison expresses as his on a similar occasion : — " 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...
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Rural Repository, Volume 16

1840 - 210 pages
...replunge into the gulf of pollution, from whieh you have forUmalely eseaped." BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon the tombstone, my heart melts with eompassion ; when I see the...
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A general volume of epitaphs, original and selected, and an historical and ...

Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 pages
...effect which it had on the mind of the celebrated Addison is thus beautifully expressed : " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when...
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