 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...  English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 259by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...those whom we must quickly follow' ; when I see kin^s lying by those who deposed' them, when I consider wits placed side by s'ide, or the holy men that divided...contemporaries', and make our appearance together'. To exercise the pupil advantageously, upon the two slides or inflections of the voice, and make him... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divined the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. ADDISON. C. No. 27. SATURDAY, MARCH 31. Ut nox longa quibus mentitur arnica, diesque Longa videtur... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 536 pages
...thoughts in timorous minds and gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though I am always serious, 1 do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. 1 When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some, &c.] Better thus, " When, in reading the several... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I mect with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. -Neque semper areum Tomlit Apollo. HOE. Od. 10, v. 15. Nor does Apollo... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...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 tomb...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. . C. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. Neqno somper areuui Tendit Apollo. Hoit. Od. 10, v. 19. Nor does Apollo... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and * 2& SPECTATOR. 83 astonishment on the little competitions, factions,...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. Neqae semper arcum Tendlt Apollo. HOE. Od. 10, v. 1». Nor does A|K1llo... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...contests ami disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factious, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. s^w, n* K. As a poet, Addison docs not take the highest rank, and yet he has written much that would... | |
 | George Frederick Cruchley - 1854 - 356 pages
...disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and dehates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs,...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." HENRY Vll'S. C11APLL, AND WESTMINSTER AIM.iV — NORTH. In viewing the exterior of the Abbey, the visitor... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...parents themselves', I consider the vanity of grieving for those' 'whom we must quickly follow*: when 1 see kings lying by those who deposed* them ; when...contemporaries', and make our appearance together'*. SPECTATOR. 3. THE FOLLY OF SUSPENDING TIME. AN ancient poet, unreasonably discontented at the pro sent*... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided tho world with their contests and disputes, I reflect...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. • — Neqae semper arcum Tcndit Apollo. HOE. 04 10, v. 19. Nor does Apollo... | |
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