 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 pages
...were buried, and that the world would imbibe the profound philosophy of Addison, who observes — " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the griefs of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents... | |
 | John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - 94 pages
...sentence is followed by another immediately depending on it, a comma is inserted between them ; as, When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me. — Art is not only able to imitate nature in her graces, but even to adorn her with graces of her... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1850 - 240 pages
...nature in her deep and solemn scenes with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves I consider... | |
 | 1850 - 590 pages
...rcunited beyond the limits of the tomb. — Chateaubriand. SALUTARY REFLECTIONS. — When I look npon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies...out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 324 pages
...look," says our delightful essayist, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow;... | |
 | David Thomas - 674 pages
...ADDISON ON VIEWING THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. " When I look," says this instructive moralist, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...every inordinate desire goes out. When I meet with the griefs of parents upon a tomb-stone my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means 1 can improve myself with those objects which others...a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when 1 see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 pages
...the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By these means, I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. 'When I...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents npon a tdmbstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...disqualification of Protestants on account of their religious opinions. — Connelly. TOMB, THE. — When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I niftet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the... | |
 | 1853 - 756 pages
...nature in her deep and solemn scenes with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects...the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when Tread the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet... | |
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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 tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see... 
