 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:...  Letters to Young Ladies - Page 204by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1838 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - Anecdotes - 1796 - 296 pages
...a fcale of the curioiities of modern art, not to collect medals, or to collate manufcripts: — but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hofpitals, to furvty the manfions of forrow and pain ; to take the gauge and diminuons of mifery, depreffion,... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to plunge into the infe6\ion 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 neglecled,... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1802 - 486 pages
...scale of the curiosities of modern art — not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depth of dungeons — to plunge into...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain — to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and comfort — to remember the forgotten — to attend... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...is his pride and his glory, " 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, de" pressiou, and contempt; to remember the " forgotten; to attend to the... | |
 | Christianity - 1803 - 430 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,...to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take tha .guage and dimensions of misery, to rememb'er the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 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 gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...curiosity of modern art: not to collect menials, or collate maouicripts, 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 gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 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 gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - Eloquence - 1807 - 298 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 ; to ' survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, and to take the ' gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; rr, r* ' «-* -• SECTION... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 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 ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; t» take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,... | |
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