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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 Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths all th gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to...
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The Biographical Treasury: A Dictionary of Universal Biography

Samuel Maunder - Biography - 1838 - 862 pages
...to collect medals or to collate manuscripts ; but to dive Into the depths of dungeons ; to plunjje Into the Infection of 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 the...
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 592 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...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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Memoir of the Life and Character of Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His ...

Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect models 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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A Modern Pyramid: To Commemorate E Septuagint of Worthies

Martin Farquhar Tupper - Biography - 1839 - 348 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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Great Movements and Those who Achieved Them

Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 pages
...of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; nor 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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Letters, Speeches and Tracts on Irish Affairs

Edmund Burke - Ireland - 1881 - 462 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 Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1 ...

David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...down to the present time. Burke thus described him : " He visited all Europe 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 the...
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Ideals of Life, Or, Wisdom of the Ages: A Series of Wholesome, Practical ...

Osgood Eaton Fuller - Conduct of life - 1881 - 658 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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Amos Huntingdon

Theodore Percival Wilson - Aunts - 1881 - 468 pages
...art ; not to collect medals, nor to collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons, and to plunge into the infection of 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 the...
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