 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...the words of one of bis most celebrated contemporaries), "visited all Europe — not to survey, toe sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples...measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor in form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts : but... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1820 - 326 pages
...interesting remnants of the dreadful conflict at Blenheim, one naturally associates the recollection of * " He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, nor the slatelinpss of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur,... | |
 | Baptists - 1821 - 488 pages
...this brief Memoir of Mr. H. with the celebrated panegyric of Mr. Burke on his character. " 1 cannot name this gentleman without remarking-, that his labours...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...ensued, and he shortly after breathed his last. " I cannot name this gentleman," says Mr. Burke, " 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 of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not... | |
 | 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
...unhappy class, he drew the following admirable character of that celebrated philanthropist. " I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours...done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind, lie has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of tem,... | |
 | 1824 - 600 pages
...Burke said of him, that he had ' visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of pala' ces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate...' measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, mr to ' form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ;' he might have added, that, in neglecting all... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1824 - 608 pages
...Burke said of him, that he had • visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of pala' ces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate...' measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, n< r to ' form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ;' he might have added, that, in neglecting all... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...John Howard. This philanthropist (to use the words of one of his most celebrated contemporaries), " visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the statelinefts of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor... | |
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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... 
