 ... 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 gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...  The Bristol memorialist - Page 841823Full view - About this book
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 460 pages
...survey the " mansions of sorrow and of pain; to take " the gage and dimensions of misery, de" pression, and contempt; to remember the " forgotten, to attend..."collate the distresses of all men in all '' countries. His plan is original ; and it is " as full of genius as it is of humanity. It " was a voyage of discovery,... | |
 | 1817 - 514 pages
...plunge into the infection of hospitals— to survey the mansions of sorrow и pain— to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and as full of genius as it is of humanity.' Perhaps Mr. Burke did not know that... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of men in all countries. — Burke. *20. 1813. WIELAND, GERMAN POET, DIED. 21. SAINT AGNES. Agnes, a young... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pages
...plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain : to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of men in all countries. — Burke. SAINT VINCENT, JAN. 22. Vincent, a deacon of the church in Spain,... | |
 | 1817 - 404 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to rememher the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; it is as full... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gunge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt;...and to compare and collate the distresses of all men iu all countries." Happy should we be if the rest of this memorable passage were also true! " He has... | |
 | John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 pages
...curio itv of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate mannsciiptfl ; hut to dive into the depth of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals;...collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It is a voyage of discovery,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." . • -t -, • ,,. „, .-,), , . John Howard was born at Hackney, in 1726. His father, who was a... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pages
...into the infection of hospitals — to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain — to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt...collate the distresses of all men in all countries," that he might relieve some. Such a character is a phenomenon in the moral world which seems to be employed... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - 1820 - 326 pages
...take guag* and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten ; to altend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to...collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It is a voyage of philanthropy... | |
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