| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 pages
...Burke has exhibited a fine instance of this figure, in his eulogium of the philanthropic Howard. ' He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...humanity -.^a-who (to adopt the expre|sive words of Mr. Burke) " visited all Europe {]and the East], not to survey the. sumptuousness of palaces, or. the...measurements of the remains of an-cient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the. curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts:... | |
| Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...without remarking, that his labors and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the Btateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor... | |
| Benjamin Silliman - 1812 - 340 pages
...immense city in which it is situ. 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 depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection... | |
| George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,—- not to survey the sumjituousnesa of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; nor. to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:... | |
| Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...following beautiful exemplification of this figure. Speaking of the benevolent HOWARD, he says, ' he visited all Europe-, not to survey the sumptuousness...of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts; but... | |
| John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...following beautiful exemplification of this figure. Speaking of the benevolent HOWARD, he says, ' he visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; npt to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts; but... | |
| 1813 - 594 pages
...mankind. He had visited ¡ill Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stalcline«s of temples — not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts — not.to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
| 1814 - 548 pages
...in a far higher sense to the toils and objects of the Missionary. " We are visiting all the world, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the...scale of the curiosities of modern art; not to collect m/tdals or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 pages
...without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the s.umptuousness...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;... | |
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