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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... "
The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index - Página 29
por Spectator The - 1811
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History of Brighthelmston: Or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It ...

John Ackerson Erredge - 1862 - 404 páginas
...silence, louder than divines can preach. A celebrated moralist thus expresses himself on Epitaphs : — 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 ;...
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Selections from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1892 - 252 páginas
...her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By these means I can improve myself with those objects which...inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of 20 parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,...
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Selections from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 páginas
...pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By these means I can improve myself wjtjl t.hnsp . objects which others consider with terror. When I...inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of 20 parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,...
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Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892: With ...

Bradford Kingman - 1892 - 368 páginas
...eminent writer says, "When I properly 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 see the grief of parents for children, my heart melts with compassion, — and yet, when afterwards...
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Historic Personality

Francis Seymour Stevenson - 1893 - 164 páginas
...concludes his celebrated paper in the Spectator. " When I look upon the tombs of the great," he writes, " every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...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....
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The Royal Readers

Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1893 - 444 páginas
...softly opened ; and there lay Argyle on the bed, sleeping, in his irons, the placid sleep of infancy. 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 I see the tomb...
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Walks in London, Volumen2

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894 - 388 páginas
...apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thonghtfulness that is not disagreeable. ' When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of tbe parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When...
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English Prose: Selections, Volumen3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 páginas
...example of this style is furnished in the conclusion of his essay on the tombs in Westminster Abbey : " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volumen3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 páginas
...example of this style is furnished in the conclusion of his essay on the tombs in Westminster Abbey : " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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...
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The Presbyterian Quarterly, Volumen8

1894 - 650 páginas
...believe that a man of settled malice could have penned the folf owing Thoughts in Westminster Abbey : " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...a tombstone, 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...
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