His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as 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 ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward,... Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining - Page 11by Charles Buck - 1831Full view - About this book
| 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, as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his exertions is... | |
| John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - Death - 1827 - 240 pages
...to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare . and collate the distresses of all men, in all countries. His plan is original, and it is...his labour is felt more or less in every country." And yet he died in the noble cause of benevolence; /or in visiting a young lady who lay dangerously... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1828 - 182 pages
...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt... | |
| John Warner Barber - Church history - 1828 - 188 pages
...attend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is as full of genius as humanity. It is a voyage of philanthropy — a circumnavigation of charily." Mr. Howard commenced his... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...attend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is...circumnavigation of charity ; and already the benefit of his labor is felt more or less in every country." HOWARD (Sir Robert), an English historian and poet of... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collati the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original , and it is as full of genius, as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity." No one can read this passage, and not feel... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...attend to the neglected; to visit the forsaken • and to compare and collate the distresses ot all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is as full of genius as humanity. It is a voyage of philanthropy— & circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of this... | |
| James Baldwin Brown - Social change - 1831 - 388 pages
...to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charily. Already the benefit of his labour is felt... | |
| Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 620 pages
...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of hie labor is felt,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labor is felt,... | |
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