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
| Irishman - 1844 - 254 pages
...forsaken; and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefits of his labour is felt... | |
| Great Britain - 1845 - 554 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... | |
| Peter Burke - Politicians - 1845 - 490 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... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1845 - 558 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... | |
| 1853 - 730 pages
...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." His benevolence, too, was self-sacrificing; he was ready to face any amount of suffering, and he shrank... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...in all countries. His plan was original ; and it was as full of genius as it was of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery — a circumnavigation of charity...his labour is felt more or less in every country." And Bentham, speaking of the literary defects of Mr Howard's productions, says even more eloquently... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - Biography - 1846 - 392 pages
...forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare the distresses of 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 labours is felt,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 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... | |
| 1856 - 492 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 circum navigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt... | |
| John Field - 1856 - 332 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 charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt... | |
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