 | Collection - 1806 - 286 pages
...real value, since Epictetus, the beggar, the cripple, and the slave, was the favourite of heaven. " WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those, whom they must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pages
...of death. Solomon the wisest died, Absalom the beauty of /srae/died, and Sampson the strongest died. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the ranity of grieving for those whom we must quick. Jy follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1806 - 284 pages
...real value, since Epictetus, the beggar, the cripple, and the slave, was the favourite of heaven. " WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out j when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I... | |
 | John Bew - 1807 - 408 pages
...dead; nor can any thing be more just and beautiful than Mr. Addison's reflections on this subject: "When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet will) the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I consider the... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...which we find in the popular authors of more modern times : •' When I look," says he, "upon the tomba of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when...out } when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 702 pages
...gorgeous language which we find in the popular authors of more modern times : " When I look," says he, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; whet: I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Authors, Latin - 1808 - 306 pages
...look upon the tombs of the great, (says the incomparable Addison,) every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...out; when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombReasonable, however, as these reflections are, I would call you from them awhile, in order to lead... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out-; whei: I mei't with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those, whom me must quickly follow. When I see kinirs lying by those who deposed them, when I consider... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...delightful one«. 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...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings l\ing by those who deposed them, when I consider... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 468 pages
...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...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider... | |
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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 tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see... 
