 | Priscilla Wakefield - Children's stories - 1821 - 238 pages
...impossible to give a clearer illustration of his character, than by the following quotation. '" Mr. Howard has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modem art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : but to dive into the depths of dungeons;... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...sketch of his character given by Mr. Burke. " He visited all Europe— not to survey the sumptuousuess of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; nor to collect models, or collate manuscripts : but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge... | |
 | Baptists - 1821 - 488 pages
...Mr. H. with the celebrated panegyric of Mr. Burke on his character. " 1 cannot name this gentleman without remarking-, that his labours and writings...mankind. He has visited all Europe — not to survey the samptuousness of palaces, or the slatelioess of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...HOWARD. ' His plan,' said Burke, * is original ; and it is as full of genius, as it is of humanity He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of ancient grandeur, not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or... | |
 | Arminianism - 1849 - 700 pages
...rhetoric of Edmund Burke could exaggerate. "His labours and writings," says that brilliant speaker, " have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind....curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or to collate manuscripts : but, to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...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,... | |
 | Arts - 1823 - 346 pages
...addressing the citizens of Bristol in the Guildhall, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, nor the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 314 pages
...of this figure, in his enloginai of the philanthropic Howard. " He has visited all Europe, — nol to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons^... | |
 | Catherine Hyde marquise de Govion Broglio Solari - Genealogy - 1824 - 370 pages
...his life, in the pursuits of humanity ; and who, in the expressive language of the immortal Burke, " visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 or collate... 
