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" Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! — It buries every error— covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and... "
The Works of Washington Irving - Page 184
by Washington Irving - 1857
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh the grave !— the grave ! — It buries every error — covers every...feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever have wafred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him ! But the grave of those we loved...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh the grave ! — the grave ! — it buries every error — covers every...poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him !' — p. 305. This is powerfully written j but the winding up is still better, where he contemplates...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh the grave ! — the grave! — it buries every error — covers every...have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldermg before him!' — p. 305. This is powerfully written ; but the winding up is still better,...
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Theatrical Portraits: With Other Poems

Harry Stoe Van Dyk - 1822 - 176 pages
...then in solitude and blight are left — ELIZA dear, forget it never ! STANZAS. *' Oh the grave ! — the grave ! — It buries every error— covers every defect —extinguishes every resentment 1" " Sketch Book." i. COLD Grave ! methinks, 'twere sweet, to rest Within thy Ipne but peaceful breast...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh the grave ! — the grave ! — It buries every error — covers every...every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none butfond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not...
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The Mental Guide: Being a Compend of the First Principles of Metaphysics ...

1828 - 394 pages
...turn even from the charms of the living. Oh the grave ! — the grave ! — It buries every errour — covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment....down upon the grave even of an enemy, -and not feel a compunctuous throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...a remembrance of the dead, to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave ! — the grave! — It buries every error — covers every...and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should sue* have warred with the poor handfull of earth that lies mouldering before him ? But the grave of...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 pages
...a remembrance of the dead, to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave ! — the grave! — It buries every error — covers every...throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handfull of earth that lies mouldering before him ? But the grave of those we loved — what a place...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...even from the charms of the living-'. Oh, the grave'! — the grave'! — It buries every errour' — covers every defect' — extinguishes every resentment'!...but fond regrets and tender recollections'. Who can kick down upon the grave even of an enemy', and not feel a^lmpunctious throb', that he should ever...
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The Millennial Harbinger and Voluntary Church Advocate, Volumes 1-2

1835 - 398 pages
...of the living. Oh the grave! the grave! It buries every error—covers every defect—extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none...of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb that ever he should have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him! But the...
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