 He has visited all 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,...  The works of ... Edmund Burke - Page 262by Edmund Burke - 1834Full view - About this book
 | John Knox Shaw - 1887 - 422 pages
...observes: "He has visited all Europe; not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; nor to collect medals and collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge... | |
 | Walter Baxendale - Anecdotes - 1888 - 708 pages
...philanthropist, Howard, who spent the best part of his life in travelling over all the countries of Europe — "to plunge into the infection of hospitals — to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain — to remember the forgotten, and to visit the forsaken, under all climes" — was not unhappy amidst its... | |
 | Sanford Moon Green - Crime - 1889 - 376 pages
...medals or collect manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infections of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and...pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pages
...diffuseness : 'He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of pulaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge... | |
 | Henry Parry Liddon - Sermons, English - 1890 - 88 pages
...gentleman visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to take the gauge and dimensions of human misery, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected."... | |
 | John Goss - Oratory - 1891 - 272 pages
...ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals nor to collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of...and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.... | |
 | John Goss - Oratory - 1891 - 280 pages
...mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the stimptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the...the curiosity 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... | |
 | Francis Tiffany - Reformers - 1891 - 418 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 to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; — hut to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey... | |
 | History - 1892 - 530 pages
...Europe, as Burke declared, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, but 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, to attend to the neglected." This... | |
 | History - 1892 - 530 pages
...Europe, as Burke declared, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, but 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, to attend to the neglected." This... | |
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