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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 Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 102
by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 472 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
...therefore take a view of nature in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. 27. SATURDAY, MARCH 31. By Steek. Ut nox langa, qwbus mentilur armica, diesque Iionga videtur...
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Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ...

Art - 1824 - 436 pages
...with the Griefs of Parents upon a Tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the Tombs of the Parents themselves, -I consider the Vanity...Contemporaries, and make our Appearance together." THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF OLD PICK-A-BACK, The Crazy Usher of our School, BEING A RIGHTE MERRY RHAPSODYE...
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The bagman's bioscope

William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...world by their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates...be contemporaries, and make our appearance together !" SPIRITED REPLY. Pitt, afterwards Earl of Chatham, having opposed a bill by which the ministry intended...
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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
...therefore take a view of nature, in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. SPECTATOR, No. 56. There is a tradition among the Americans, that one of their countrymen descended...
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Instructive Rambles in London and the Adjacent Villages: Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - Brothers and sisters - 1825 - 314 pages
...disputes — I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and disputes of mankind : when I read the several dates of the...contemporaries, and make our appearance together.' " On reaching Westminster-Hall, Mr. Richardson informed them it was built by William Rufus, or, more...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...with sorrow and astonishment, on the liiile competitions,- factions and debates of mankind. When J read the several dates of the tombs, of some that...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. Ill Tiie Character of Mary , Queen of Seols. — ROBERTSON. TO all the charms of beauty, and the utmost...
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An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea, and Its ..., Volume 1

Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the funeral dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." Spectator. CURATES OF CHELSEA. 1746. Rev. Joseph Warton was Curate here, and took the small pox, and...
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On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening

Samuel Felton - Gardeners - 1830 - 270 pages
...therefore take a view of nature in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve...contemporaries, and make our appearance together."* A'. JOHN LAWRENCE published " The Clergyman's Recreation, shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art...
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An Entire New and Improved Edition of Moral and Interesting Epitaphs: And ...

William Henney - Epitaphs - 1830 - 68 pages
...the vanity of grieving for those whom they must quickly follow; when I see Kings lying by those that deposed them — When I consider rival wits placed...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." In conclusion ; the Editor begs leave to state, that should the present selection meet with the approbc...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...of Nature in her deep' and solemn' scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay' and delightfur ones. By this means I can improve' myself with those...contemporaries', and make our appearance together\ Spectator, 11.— ON CONSISTENCY IN BEHAVIOUR. NOTHING that is not a real crime makes a man appear...
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