 | Stanley Peerman Hutton - 1907 - 532 pages
...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, nor to collect manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons...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... | |
 | Walter Sydney Sichel - 1909 - 728 pages
...Howard visits all Europe, not, in Burke's noble words, "to survey the sumptuousness of palaces . . . nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art,...hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate... | |
 | Joseph O'Connor - 1911 - 360 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...dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1918 - 416 pages
...manners, to survey the ruins of ancient cities, and gratify a classic taste ; but Howard went forth " to dive into the depths of dungeons,, to plunge into...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... | |
 | Richard Hingston Fox - 1919 - 510 pages
...to a lonely grave in Southern Russia. With him Fothergill was ever ready, in the words of Burke, " to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into...hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to remember the forgotten," and " to visit the forsaken." Fothergill gave evidence with Howard before... | |
 | Richard Hingston Fox - 1919 - 514 pages
...to a lonely grave in Southern Russia. With him Fothergill was ever ready, in the words of Burke, " to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into...hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to remember the forgotten," and " to visit the forsaken." Fothergill gave evidence with Howard before... | |
 | George Allardice Riddell Baron Riddell - 1925 - 328 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, nor to collect medals or collect manuscripts, but to dive in the depths of dungeons, to plunge into... | |
 | Charles Frederick Farrar - 1926 - 420 pages
...measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts; but 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... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association - 1927 - 506 pages
...He had visited all nations, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infections of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to remember the forgotten, to attend... | |
 | 272 pages
...the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains ol ancient grandenr, or form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not...or collate manuscripts; but to dive into the depths ol dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospi tals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain... | |
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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... 
