 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...were near three thousand again in jail. I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labors and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts...mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousncss of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...notice. Ever}' word is effective in producing the end in view. 8. HOWARD THE PHILANTHROPIST. I CANNOT name this gentleman without remarking that his labours...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur; not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ;... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...fancy had drawn. IV BURKE S EULOGIUM ON HOWARD. I CANNOT name this gentleman without remarking that Ms labours and writings have done much to open the eyes...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur ; or to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1868 - 216 pages
...bcn-e-fit (bcno) x phil-an-throp-ist (anthropos) re-al-iz-ed (>->«) HOWABD» THE PHILANTHEOPIST. I caunot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours...done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He hasvisited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Religion - 1868 - 384 pages
...it with particular satisfaction : " I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labors and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,—not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 332 pages
...traverse seas, range kingdoms, and bring home, * Compare with Burke's famous passage on Howard : " He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, . . . but to take the gauge and dimensions of misery," &c. (1780.) Not the proud monuments of Greece... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Allusions - 1870 - 1004 pages
...immortalised by his efforts to improve the condition of prisoners. " He visited all Europe," says Burke, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurementa of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 272 pages
...extraordinary degree, that very generality of thought which he wanted. 'This man,' says Edmund Burke, 'visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...dearest title in this the chief seat of your empire. CHARACTER OF HOWARD THE PHILANTHROPIST. I CANNOT name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours...writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of all mankind. He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - Blind - 1872 - 762 pages
...Howard, whom Burke himself eulogized in his ', speech to the electors at Bristol as the man who traversed Europe, " not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plungo into the infections of — hospitals, to take the... | |
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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... 
