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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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Blossoms at Christmas and First Flowers of the New Year

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 manuscripts;...but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge mto the inlection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gage and dimensions...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 394 pages
...art ; not to collect medals or manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge in the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forsaken . and to compare...
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English Grammar

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 328 pages
...measurements of the remain* of ancient grandeur, nor to form a seal? of the curiosity of modern arts ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: — but...dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to surrey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimeniiont of misery, depression, and...
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Death on the Pale Horse

John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 pages
...palaces, nor 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 to collate manuscripts ; :but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of...
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The Beauties of Burke: Consisting of Selections from His Works

Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 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...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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I. The Claims of Sir Philip Francis, K. B., to the Authorship of Junius's ...

Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 pages
...ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, — nor to collect medals, or 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...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...accurate measurements of the remaiii> of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities 01 modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts...dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into tht. infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow, and of pain, and to take the guage...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1828 - 584 pages
...remains of ancient grandeur, not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts, nor to collect meda/s or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the depths...dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to snrvey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and...
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The African Repository, Volume 3

1828 - 398 pages
...made doubly true the picture so admirably designed by Mr. Burke, of the labours of the great Howard: "to dive into the depths of " dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the man" sions of sorrow and pain; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, " depression and contempt;...
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An Account of the Public Charities of the Town of Bedford: With ... the Laws ...

Ralph B. Hankin - 1828 - 134 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 or manuscripts : but to dire " into the depths of dungeons; to plunge in the infection of '• hospitals;...
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