 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 Warner Barber - Church history - 1828 - 210 pages
...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 depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infections of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take gauge and dimensions... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...all Europe and the East, •not 10 survey the sumpluousness of palaces, ri HOW 439 the stateliness of temples : not to make accurate measurements of...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate MSS. ; but to dive into the depth of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals... | |
 | Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, nor 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, nor to collate manuscripts; but to dive into the... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 620 pages
...mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptiiousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of miscry, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the... | |
 | John Hartley - Greece - 1831 - 426 pages
...Men have gone abroad, like Howard, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples — not to make accurate measurements of...to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; " but with objects higher than these, and higher even than those of Howard. Their aim is, to do good, not... | |
 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1831 - 418 pages
...he visited all Europe (and the East) 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 to collate manuscripts : but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the mfection of hospitals... | |
 | John Hartley - Greece - 1831 - 424 pages
...abroad, like Howard, " 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;" but with objects higher than these, and higher... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1832 - 356 pages
...Howard. " He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
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