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" Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of 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 collate manuscripts,... "
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of ... - Page 63
by James Hardie - 1802
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation

John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depth 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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The Bristol memorialist

Arts - 1823 - 346 pages
...curiosities 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 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...
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist

James Baldwin Brown - Philanthropists - 1823 - 702 pages
...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of 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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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals...the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare...
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The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.].

Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of 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...
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The Flowers of Wit, Volumes 1-2

Henry Kett - English wit and humor - 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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First flowers, by a literary amateur

First flowers - 1825 - 306 pages
...medals, or collate manuscripts; — but to 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 of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend • Fol....
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book

Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1826 - 208 pages
...curiosity of modern arts, nor to collect medals or collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals...the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 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...the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forsaken . and to compare and collate the distresses of all men, under all...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals...mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimenoons of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...
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