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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... "
Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 100
by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 508 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 394 pages
...contem- • plation of another day, when I shall find my mind disposed for so serious an amusement. I know that entertainments of this nature are apt...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. 27. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1711. Ut nox longa quibus mentitur arnica, dietque Longa videtur opus...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 468 pages
...can be too often reprinted : " When I look upon the tombs of the great (says this exquisite writer), every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." Of the import of both these passages the Bard of Marmion has beautifully availed himself in his introduction...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 1 consider the vanity of grieving for those whom me must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. Negue temper arcum Tendit Apollo. Hon. I SHALL here present my reader with...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 432 pages
...those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divide the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." * THE OLLA PODRIDA, No. 26, September 8, 1787. * Spectator, vol. i. No. 26. No. CXXVII. o'av&j«r«>v...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...or the holy men that divide the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow arid astonishment on the little competitions, factions,...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." * THE OLLA PODRIDA, No. 26, September 8, 1787. * Spectator, vol. i. No. 26. No. CXXVII. alv J'e>&{>V«v...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When t read the several datos of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some...day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and mukc our appearance together. AODISOM. C. №27. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1711. Ut noi longa (¡uibus mtntitur...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of1 some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. No. 28. MONDAY, APRIL 2. • Neque temper arcum Tendit Apollo. HoB. I SHALL here present my reader...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we mnst quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. ADDISOW. • C. NO. 27. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1711. Ut nox hnga quibus mentitur arnica, diesque Longa...
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The beauties of The Spectator 2nd ed., revised and enlarged with The vision ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...themselves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see k ; ngs lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival...contemporaries , and make our appearance together. (K°. xxvi. C.) XL. Ut nox longa quibus somni pars nulla, diesque Longa videtur opus debentibus, ut...
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The Juvenile Tourist ; Or, Excursions Into the West of England: Into the ...

John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates...contemporaries, and make our appearance together!" I had almost forgotten to notice the fine font hi this cathedra], given by Dr. Warner, Bishop of Rochester,...
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