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
| John Brazer - 1843 - 308 pages
...imperfections which attach themselves to the best. " But the Grave ! the Grave ! it buries every error, it covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment....spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections." Trifling spots on the bright disk of moral worth are merged and lost in its predominating effulgence... | |
| George Willson - 1844 - 300 pages
...of the living. Oh, the grave! — the grave! — It buries every error — covers every defect — 4 extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom...poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him ? 5 daily intercourse of intimacy : — there it is, that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn,... | |
| 1845 - 864 pages
...there 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 defect,...poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him P MENTAL DISSIPATION. Many dwarf the intellect, and dissipate the power of thought, by flitting from... | |
| 1845 - 440 pages
...there 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 defect,...poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him ? MENTAL DISSIPATION. Many dwarf the intellect, and dissipate the power of thought, by flitting from... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 pages
...There 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 defect,...not feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever hare warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moldering before him? 7. Aye, go to the grave... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...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...grave even of an enemy', and not feel a compunctious throt/, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before... | |
| 1845 - 1174 pages
...! the grave ! It baries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From this peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down even upon the grave of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb that he ever should have warred... | |
| 1845 - 600 pages
...our best American writers, that I can do nothing so well as to copy his words : — " Oh the grave ! the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From this peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down even upon... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 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 defect,...have warred with the poor handful of earth, that lies moldering before him 1 7. Aye, go to the grave of buried love, and there medi. tate ; there settle... | |
| William Russell - 1846 - 420 pages
...last. MUSINGS ox THE GRAVE. — Washington Irving. [An example of the deepest pathos.] Oh ! the grave ! the grave ! — It buries every error, covers every...resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but found regrets and tender recollections. "Who can look down, even upon the grave of an enemy, and not... | |
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