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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... "
Ship and Shore: Or, Pencil Sketches on a Recent Voyage To, and a Tour In ... - Page 122
by John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 148 pages
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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...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 side, or the holy...
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The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends ..., Volume 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1804 - 450 pages
...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,...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 side, or the holy...
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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...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 side ; or the holy...
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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...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 side ; or the holy...
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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...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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A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical ..., Volume 1

Epitaphs - 1806 - 284 pages
...of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out j when I meet with the grief of parents, upon a tombstone,...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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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1807 - 408 pages
...the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I consider the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of...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 side, or the holy...
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The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of His Friends, Volume 4

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Authors, Latin - 1808 - 306 pages
...give either her or yourself just reason to complain ? In fine, do not forget that you are Cicestone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb...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 side, or the holy...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 5

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out-; whei: I mei't with the grief of parents upon a tomb stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb...I consider the vanity of grieving for those, whom me must quickly follow. When I see kinirs lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 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...for those whom we must quickly follow. When I see kings l\ing by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy...
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