 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...  The Journal of Education for Upper Canada - Page 1681854Full view - About this book
 | William Henney - 1830 - 68 pages
...subject, that the Editor trusts his Readers will be pleased at their introduction in this Advertisement. " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...compassion ; when I see the tombs of parents themselves, I see the vanity of grieving for those whom they must quickly follow; when I see Kings lying by those... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1830 - 270 pages
...delightful 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 must quickly follow:... | |
 | Philo Vectis - 1830 - 146 pages
...since quitted this changing scene. Some interesting inscriptions invite the reader's sympathy, but "when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I seethe tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly... | |
 | Manuscript memorials - 1831 - 238 pages
...by a celebrated author, in a survey of the tombs in Westminster Abbey:— " When I look," says he, " upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...heart melts with 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...delightfur 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 must quickly... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...delightful 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 334 pages
...delightful 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...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.... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...of the little space that exists " between the cradle and the grave." " When I look (says ADDISON,) upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 332 pages
...delightful 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...meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heartjnelts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity... | |
 | Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 pages
...directed, and affords the only secure passport through the regions of darkness and sorrow. MELMOTH. When I look upon the tombs of the Great, every emotion...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the... | |
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