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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 tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see... "
A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York - Page 96
by John Crabtree - 1836 - 563 pages
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...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...compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...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...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....
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 1

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...tomb-stone, 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....
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 476 pages
...look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), every emotion of envy dies in ttle ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate...tomb-stone, 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....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...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...; 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...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...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...
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Temper: Or, Domestic Scenes, a Tale in Three Volumes, Volume 3

Amelia Opie - 1812 - 384 pages
...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...tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 1 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow."...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...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...tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we mnst quickly follow....
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The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical: Including Biographical ...

John Corry, John Evans - Bristol - 1816 - 490 pages
...erection.* " The upper compartment of the monument represents a parent kneeling at the tomb of his son. * " When I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion : when I see the tomb of the parent* themseltes, I consider the vanity of griering for those whom we must quickly follow."...
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