 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, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender...  Hogg's Weekly Instructor - Page 321845Full view - About this book
 | Edward Higginson - 1863 - 558 pages
...we die all" Washington Irving has beautifully enlarged upon this tender and generous sentiment : 0, the grave ! the grave ! It buries every error —...its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and ECCLESIASTICUS. 33 tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not... | |
 | Truman Rickard - 1863 - 152 pages
...burst of revelry ? No, there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. 10 There is a recollection of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave 1 — the grave! It buries every error — covers every defect — extinguishes every resentment. From... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...the prejudice both of business and learning. — Saeoa. "Morbsnf Misbom." THE GOAVB. — The grave buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring nothing but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down on the srave of an enemy, and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 532 pages
...the hour of gloom, yet who would exchange it even for the song of pleasure, or the burst of revelry ? No ; there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song....remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from' the cbarms of the living. Oh, the grave! — the grave! — It buries every error — covers every defect—... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 pages
...sSng of plSasure, or the burst of revelry ?' 4. No, there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than sSng. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn...charms of the living. Oh ! the grave! the grave! It burys every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - 1865 - 284 pages
...the hour of gloom, yet who would change it even for the song of pleasure, or the burst of revelry? No ; there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song....none but fond regrets and tender recollections." Who that has ever been bereaved has not realized this in his own experience ; and felt that there is a... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1865 - 154 pages
...burst of revelry ? No, there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. 10 There is a recollection of the dead to which we turn even from the charms...peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender 15 recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...the hour of gloom, yet who would exchange it, even for the song of pleasure or the burst of revelry ? No : there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song....charms of the living. Oh, the grave ! — the grave 1 It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1865 - 132 pages
...and mourn with those that mourn. Well may we adopt the expressive language of Washington Irving; "O the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers...regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down even upon the grave of an enemy and not feel a compunctuous throb that he should ever have warred with... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1865 - 124 pages
...and mourn with those that mourn. Well may we adopt the expressive language of Washington Irving: "O the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers...regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down even upon the grave of an enemy and not feel a compunctuous throb that he should ever have warred with... | |
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