 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...  Harrison's British Classicks - Seite 531786Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 Seiten
...gay and 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,...; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every * If he had said, " To pass a judgment on," the double genitive caie had been avoided. KSS, I ^ inordidate... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 424 Seiten
...obligation to me for bringing them again into his remembrance, by closing this paper with a citation. " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 Seiten
...ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of...; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every • If he had said, " To pass a judgment on," the double genitive ca§e had been avoided. inordidate... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 468 Seiten
...can be too often reprinted : " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), 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... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1812 - 384 Seiten
...will find a resting-place and an oblivion. " 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 upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with 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 epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 Seiten
...gay and 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,...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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 Seiten
...can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tomb of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 Seiten
...most gay and delightful ones. By this means, I can improve myself with 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 epitaph of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of... | |
 | William Upcott - 1818 - 734 Seiten
...so well, Few orators so tenderly can touch The feeling heart. What pathos in the dates!" YOUNG. *• When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...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... | |
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