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" I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... "
The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures - Page 127
by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 297 pages
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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The bagman's bioscope

William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...tombs of parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them —...side by side, or the holy men that divided the world by their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions and...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ;...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them,...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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Instructive Rambles in London and the Adjacent Villages: Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - Brothers and sisters - 1825 - 314 pages
...parents themselves, and consider the vanity of grieving for those we must quickly follow — when I i 5 see kings lying by those who deposed them — when...astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and disputes of mankind : when I read the several dates of the tombs — of some that died yesterday, and...
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The National magazine and general review

James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see Kings lying by those who deposed them, when 1 consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ;...little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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The Christian Visitant; Or, Religious Miscellany: Designed to ..., Volume 1

Christian life - 1827 - 316 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ;...little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea, and Its ..., Volume 1

Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ;...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the funeral dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. — When I see kings lying by those who deposed iliem; when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or...disputes , I reflect with sorrow and astonishment, on the liiile competitions,- factions and debates of mankind. When J read the several dates of the tombs,...
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