 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 British Prose Writers - Page 261821Full view - About this book
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. at rather set off than blemish his good qualities....soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to s beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone,... | |
 | John Crabtree - Halifax (England) - 1836 - 604 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...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,... | |
 | George Oliver - Wolverhampton (England) - 1836 - 226 pages
...-cujus desiderio nee pudor est 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,... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every motion 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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | John D'Alton - Dublin (Ireland : County) - 1838 - 962 pages
...to 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...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^... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - Burial - 1840 - 262 pages
...and the 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 I see the tombs... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 pages
...and the 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 I see the tombs... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...more gay and delightful" walks of nature, to contemplate her " in these her deep and solemn scenes." " 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 the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. d advocate for the fair sex than myself, so there...none that would be more unwilling to invade any of th beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone,... | |
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