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
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pages
...formidable by their numbers', and by their power7; bat He who U with you is mightier than they*. III. Who can look down upon the grave', even of an enemy',...poor handful of earth' that lies mouldering before him1 1 How many men were in that army" at the time of the victory* ! What can bo worse', Than to dwell... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pages
...formidable by their numbers', and by their power'; bui He who is with you is mightier than they*. ITT. Who can look down upon the grave', even of an enemy',...compunctious throb' that he should ever have warred' with the pool handful of earth' that lies mouldering before him' 1 How many men were in that iirmy' at the time... | |
| 1857 - 372 pages
...may afford him suspension between life and death. The soul must live on! THE ORATE. OR, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect,...extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom springs none but fond regrets, and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave, even of... | |
| 1858 - 402 pages
...After reading it we felt like adopting the language of Irving, when he says : " Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error — covers every...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... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 pages
...who is with you is mightier than they'. III. Who can look down upon the grave', even of an enemy1, and not feel a compunctious throb' that he should...handful of earth' that lies mouldering before him* 1 How many men were in that army' at the time of the victory1 7 What can be worse', Than to dwell here',... | |
| 1858 - 434 pages
...and pour the unavailing ;ear — bitter, because unheard and unavailing. THE U-llAVE, O, 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... | |
| 1858 - 1094 pages
...prejudice and envy abate something of their rancor at the grave. In the words of another, 4( O 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." Thus death, by removing... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 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 — extinguishes every resentment I From its peaceful bosom spring none bnt fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down... | |
| Graduated series - 1859 - 462 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,...and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him ? But the grave of those... | |
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