 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art: not to collect menials, or collate maouicripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the... | |
 | 1808 - 540 pages
...form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and iiearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur; nor to form a scale of the curiosity... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 pages
...has exhibited a fine instance of this figure, in his eulogium of the philanthropic Howard. ' He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...humanity -.^a-who (to adopt the expre|sive words of Mr. Burke) " visited all Europe {]and the East], not to survey the. sumptuousness of palaces, or. the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of an-cient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the.... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...remarking, that his labors and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the Btateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - 1812 - 340 pages
...form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, nor to collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; nor. to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; — to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; — to take the gage and dimensions of misery, •Jepression,... | |
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He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals or... 
