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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... "
Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ... - Page 106
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The Sunday School Magazine, Volume 6

Christian education - 1846 - 356 pages
...innvhose bright face you • may not read,-"!None of us liveth ; to-htmself." '^J. TOOD. A FRAGMENT. — 'When I look • upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me Xhen 1 read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire g«es out; when.J meet...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...most gay and delightful ones. By this means I can improve myself with objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great,...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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, Volume 17

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 340 pages
...ones. By this means I can improve myself with those objects, which others consider with terror. When 1 look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of...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...
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Ship and Shore: Or, Pencil Sketches on a Recent Voyage To, and a Tour In ...

John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 184 pages
...gay and 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 of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet...
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The Jewish faith, a sermon

Nathan Marcus Adler - Jewish sermons, English - 1848 - 784 pages
...of Blenheim or the bosom of the ocean. I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with terror. When I look upon the tombs of the great,...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out. When I meet with the grief of parents on a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion....
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The Rambler in Worcestershire; Or, Stray Notes on Churches and ..., Volume 1

John Noake - Church buildings - 1848 - 396 pages
...were buried, and that the world would imbibe the profound philosophy of Addison, who observes — " When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion...read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the griefs of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion...
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The compositor's text-book, by J. Graham [and J. Wilson].

John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - 94 pages
...sentence is followed by another immediately depending on it, a comma is inserted between them ; as, When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me. — Art is not only able to imitate nature in her graces, but even to adorn her with graces of her...
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A popular and complete English dictionary, Volume 1

John Boag - English language - 1848 - 790 pages
...following examples of loose sentences will " serve better than pHilosdphy " to explain the difference:— 1 When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate passion expires; when I meet...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...gay and 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,...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...
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The Pageant of English Prose: Being Five Hundred Passages by Three Hundred ...

Robert Maynard Leonard - English literature - 1912 - 788 pages
...gay and 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,...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...
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