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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... "
Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ... - Page 191
by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 819 pages
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Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - Adventure and adventurers - 1800 - 314 pages
...great, every emo* tion dies in me : when I read the, ' epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordi*• nate desire goes out : when I meet with * the grief of parents on. a tomb-stone, my fr heart melts with compassion : when I' see the tomb of the parents themselves, * and consider, the...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...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...themselves, I consider 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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...others consider 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...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,...
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The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends ..., Volume 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1804 - 450 pages
...When I look upon " the tombs of the great," (says the incomparable Addison) " every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the " epitaphs of the...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; " when J meet with the grief of parents, upon a tomb-stone, " my heart melts with compassion ; when I see...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...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...themselves, I consider 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...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...others consider 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...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...others consider 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...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical ..., Volume 1

Epitaphs - 1806 - 284 pages
...epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out j when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when...themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those, whom they must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival...
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Maxims, observations & reflections on morality and religion; selected from ...

T Nixon - 1806 - 176 pages
...Sampson the strongest died. 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...desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I...
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A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, Volume 1

Collection - 1806 - 286 pages
...was the favourite of heaven. " 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...goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I...
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