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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... "
Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects, and from Various Authors, &c ... - Page 255
by George Horne - 1808 - 295 pages
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His ..., Volume 17

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1833 - 332 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...meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heartjnelts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity...
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Summer flowers, from the garden of wisdom

Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 pages
...directed, and affords the only secure passport through the regions of darkness and sorrow. MELMOTH. When I look upon the tombs of the Great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the...
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - Conduct of life - 1834 - 278 pages
...condition for eternity. Collier. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must so soon follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider...
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The Printing machine (or, Companion to the library) [ed. by J.H.L. Hunt].

576 pages
...much of what the elegant Addison has so beautifully expressed? — "When," he says, "I look upon tke tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in...tomb-stone, 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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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...delightful ones'. By this means', I can improve myself with objects which others consider •with terrour'. When I 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 meet...
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Rural Repository, Volumes 10-11

1834 - 430 pages
...would fain have found among the smooth stones of the brook the strength it jieeded. — Mrs. Sigourney. WHEN I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsakes me ; when I meet with...
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The Rule of Life: Or a Collection of Select Moral Sentences ...

Watson Adams - Conduct of life - 1834 - 290 pages
...disengaged, to inspect our practice, to state our accounts, and examine our condition for eternity. Collier. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me 4 when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet...
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The Constitution of Society: As Designed by God

Daniel Bishop - Christian sociology - 1835 - 748 pages
...build a monument. — (A alley's Voyages and Travels, 4 vols. 4to. Lond. 1745.) 25. When, says Addison, I 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 meet...
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The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

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....presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the those whom we must quickly fellow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His ..., Volume 17

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 342 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...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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