 ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; 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 neglected,...  The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Page 312de Edmund Burke - 1860Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1823 - 346 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." Such is the character of Howard, and it vibrates the finest chords of human feeling. Our nation is... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was ft voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1824 - 282 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to the neglected ; to visit...collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of chanty ; and the benefits of his labors continue... | |
 | Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - 1824 - 370 pages
...sorrow and of pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to the neglected ; to visit...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." With regard to the political feelings of the people, it is very natural for the old aristocratical... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." John Howard was born at Hackney, in 1726. His father, who was a London tradesman, dying when his son... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1825 - 298 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." BISHOP BURNET. HE is an entertaining, though a prolix historian. He was a man of inflexible principles... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...words, until country gentlemen were convinced that the expenditure of a small portion of capital upon compare and collate the distresses of all men in all...original, and it is as full of genius as it is of humanityIt was a voyage of discovery la circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...and compare the distresses of all men, in all countries, and edit the misfortunes of the human race. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius,...it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his exertions is felt more or less in every country... | |
 | John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 pages
...sorrow and of pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to the neglected ; to visit...it is as full of genius, as it is of humanity. It is a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity ; and already the benefit of his labour is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 pages
...sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country... | |
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