 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
 | Arts - 1823 - 346 pages
...citizens of Bristol in the Guildhall, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, nor the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, nor to collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...make accurate measurements of the remains of 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 dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of tem, pies ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge... | |
 | Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - Genealogy - 1824 - 370 pages
...palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of antient 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 depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infections of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 278 pages
...curiosity of modern arts ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into tin, depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage »nd dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to reforsaken, and compare and collate the... | |
 | First flowers - 1825 - 306 pages
...that of Burke. ' He \isited 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 curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the... | |
 | 1825 - 864 pages
...most migratory men from their spheres, but, as the just and oftquoted eulogy of Burke defines it, " 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, and attend to the neglected;" but... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...of ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect me. dais, or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the depths...and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend the neglected, to visit the forsaken ; to collate and compare the distresses of all men, in all countries,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...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 into...and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend the neglected, to visit the forsaken; to collate and compare the distresses of all men, in all countries,... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 394 pages
...man who traversed foreign countries, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge in the infection of hospitals ; to... | |
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