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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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The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.].

Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...palaces, or the statelinefts of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity 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 to...
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Venice Under The Yoke Of France And Of Austria: With Memoirs Of The Courts ...

Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - 1824 - 370 pages
...his life, in the pursuits of humanity ; and who, in the expressive language of the immortal Burke, " visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts : but, to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infections of...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to...
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Short Missionary Discourses, Or Monthly Concert Lectures

Enoch Pond - 1824 - 282 pages
...to gratify a vain curiosity ; but, in the eloquent language of Mr. Burke, " to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the abodes of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ;...
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English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 278 pages
...curiosity of modern arts ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into tin, depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection...the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage »nd dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to reforsaken, and compare and collate the distresses...
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First flowers, by a literary amateur

First flowers - 1825 - 306 pages
...make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate...dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the inlection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gage and dimensions...
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The Flowers of Wit, Volumes 1-2

Henry Kett - 1825 - 298 pages
...curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth ot dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals,...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...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1825 - 864 pages
...most migratory men from their spheres, but, as the just and oftquoted eulogy of Burke defines it, " 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, and attend to the neglected;" but...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1826 - 208 pages
...measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts, nor to collect medals or collate manuscripts ; — but...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...of ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect me. dais, or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the depths...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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