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 184by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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