 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 wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect...  The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison - Page 69by Joseph Addison - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...I have received it from those who deposed them, when I consider the hand of my fair correspondent, rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contesta Dear Mr. Spectator, and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and as- x You having set your readers... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled...things,) 7 The hand that mocked them and the heart that of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we keel ! ' 170 The western wave was all a-flame : The...straight the sun was fleck'd with bars, (Heaven's of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we ixed order, but that it could be, and constantly was,...the end of the world entertained by our forefathers [15° reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 pages
...placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I [150 ds,@A 1 of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 pages
...when I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we- must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind." 2 In a word, it may be said that the essay in the hands of Addison acquired that perfection of well-bred... | |
 | Edwin Lillie Miller - 1917 - 690 pages
...when I see the Tomb of the Parents 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 see rival Wits placed side by side, or the holy Men that divided the World with their Contests and... | |
 | Norman Foerster, John Marcellus Steadman - 1919 - 136 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. (Addison.) 14. As the eye, in surveying a Gothic building, is distracted by the multiplicity of ornaments,... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 264 pages
...when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those...mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great Day when we shall... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 492 pages
...out in the 32fith number of The Spectator. low. When I see kings lying by those who deposed theni, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or...mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall... | |
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