 | John Berrien Lindsley - Prisons - 1874 - 66 pages
...stands without a rival:" * "I cannot name this gentleman (Howard) 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... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 416 pages
...to the electors of Bristol, Edmund Burke thus eloquently sums up the public services of Howard : " He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurement of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1875 - 182 pages
...pronounce him a being deep in adversity. — Mrs. Inehbald. 156. 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... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...40 vantage of being first in the field. " This gentleman," said Burke to the electors of Bristol, " has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to take the gauge and... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - Commonplace-books - 1876 - 478 pages
...moral." Renan's Religious History and Criticism, 219. 848. PHILANTHROPIST.— Burke said of Howard: "He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 pages
...moral." Kenan's Religious History and Criticism, 219. 848. PHILANTHROPIST.— Burke said of Howard : "He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur ; not to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
 | Julia Ward Howe - Literary Criticism - 1876 - 150 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 plunge into the infections of hospitals, to take the gauge... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...grace passed, yet, by Mr Howard's last account, there were near three thousand again in jail. I cannot Cochra s , grandenr, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts... | |
 | Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1877 - 626 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 plunge into the infections of hospitals, to take the gauge... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Forensic orations - 1880 - 552 pages
...were near three thousand again in ail. I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that iis labors and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts...not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the statelincss of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to... | |
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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... 
