 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...  Key to ... Grammatical analysis - Page 1by Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...delightful ones. By this Means I can improve myfelf with thofc Objects which others confider 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 Defire goes out; when I meet with the... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objects, which others coniider 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 defire goes out; when I meet with the grief... | |
 | 1789 - 506 pages
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objects, which others confider 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 defire goes out; when I meet with the grief... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 414 pages
...delightful ones. By thefe means, I can improve myfelf with objects which others confider with terrow.— — 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 defire goes out ; when I meet with the... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1790 - 556 pages
...perufe the following piece of inftruclive eloquence. " When I " look (fays the delightful moralift) upon the tombs of the great, " every emotion of envy dies in me : when I read the epitaphs " of the beautiful, every inordinate defire goes out: when I meet " with... | |
 | John Bew - 1794 - 358 pages
...dead : nor can any thing be morejuft and beautiful than Mr. Addifon's reflections on this fubjeft : " 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 defire goes out : when I meet with the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1795 - 612 pages
...Addifon, which Mr. P. has chofen for a motto, may ferve as a proper conclufion for this article i " 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 defire goes out , when I meet with the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English imprints - 1801 - 360 pages
...delightful ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objecls, which others confider 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 tie lire goes out ; when I meet with the... | |
 | John Baillie - Newcastle upon Tyne (England) - 1801 - 642 pages
...ones. By this means I can improve myfelf with thofe objefts which others confider 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 immoderate defire goes out ; when I meet with the... | |
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