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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... "
The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index - Page 53
1836
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Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the ..., Volume 1

John Boag - English language - 1848 - 816 pages
...of envy dies within me; when I rend the epitapne of the beautiful, every inordinate passion expires; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone,...consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must qt i,-kly follow." " There's not a wretch that lives on common charity. But'* happier than T; for Г...
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Temper. A woman's love. A wife's duty. The two sons. The opposite neighbour ...

Amelia Opie - 1848 - 514 pages
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom of the ocean. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side...
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Leisure Hours in a Country Parsonage; Or Strictures on Men, Manners, and Books

John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pages
...passage from the Spectator, which, I am sure, every person of taste and intelligence will enjoy:—" "When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them—when I consider rival wits placed side by...
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The British Millennial Harbinger

Churches of Christ - 1850 - 590 pages
...rcunited beyond the limits of the tomb. — Chateaubriand. SALUTARY REFLECTIONS. — When I look npon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies...out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider...
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Cruchley's Picture of London, Comprising the History, Rise, and Progress of ...

G. F. Cruchley - London (England) - 1851 - 372 pages
...England. " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says Addison, in his eloquent paper in the Spectator), every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by...
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Cruchley's Picture of London, or visitor's assistant

George Frederick Cruchley - London (England) - 1851 - 372 pages
...England. " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says Addison, in his eloquent paper in the Spectator), every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival i 2 WESTMINSTER ABBEY....
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The Belfast Queen's College Calendar

Queen's University of Belfast - Education, Higher - 1852 - 306 pages
...HAMILTON, FRCS Translate the following into French : — When I look upon the tombs of the great, erery emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side...
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Adams's pocket London guide book

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - Great Exhibition - 1851 - 324 pages
...look," says our delightful essayist, "upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every...tombstone, 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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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1853 - 524 pages
...festoons of seaweed, shells, and coral. But to return to our subject. I have left the repository of our English kings for the contemplation of another day,...vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by...
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