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,... Great Movements, and Those who Achieved Them - Page 13by Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the swmptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the- curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth... | |
| James Hardie - Biography - 1802 - 486 pages
...offered him by persons of the first distinction, applying himself solely to his own grand object. He visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of temples — not to make accurate measurements of ancient grandeur — nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art — not to collect medals,... | |
| Christianity - 1803 - 430 pages
...remarking that his labours nnd writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind — he hns visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, not to rr.rAe accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, not to form a scale of the curiosity... | |
| B. Lambert - London (England) - 1806 - 624 pages
...country and every UJ/P. In his humane pursuits, he, to use the expressive language of Mr. Burke*, " visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness c«f * Speech at Guildhall, Bristol, 1780, temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...gentleman 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...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...gentleman 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...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...gentleman 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...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts :— but to dive into the depths... | |
| Jean Siffrein Maury - Eloquence - 1807 - 298 pages
...visited all Europe — not to,survey the sumptuousness of pa' laces, or the stateliness of temnles ; 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 to dive into the depths... | |
| Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...culogium. of the philanthropic Howard. It " He has visited all Europe,— not to surrey the sumptnousnfss of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...of the remains of ancient, grandeur, nor to form a stale of the curiosity of modem art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: — but to dive... | |
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