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" I cannot name this gentleman without 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... "
Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack - Page 6
1817
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Canon Liddon: A Memoir with the Four Sermons Preached at St. Paul's ...

Henry Parry Liddon - 1890 - 88 pages
...gentleman visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to take the gauge and dimensions of human misery, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected."...
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English Composition & Rhetoric, Part 1

Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pages
...pulaces, 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, nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge...
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Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as ...

John Goss - 1891 - 272 pages
...ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals nor to collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend the...
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Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix

Francis Tiffany - 1891 - 418 pages
...stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; — hut to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey...
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Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as ...

John Goss - 1891 - 280 pages
...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 nor to collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 28

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1892 - 558 pages
...Europe, as Burke declared, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected." This...
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The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Volume 28

1892 - 530 pages
...Europe, as Burke declared, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected." This...
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The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Volume 28

1892 - 530 pages
...Europe, as Burke declared, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected." This...
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The Life of John Howard: The Philanthropist, Embracing an Account of His ...

1904 - 176 pages
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The Elements of Rhetoric and Composition: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges

David Jayne Hill - 1893 - 394 pages
...He baa visit rd all Europe, to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infections uf 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...
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