 As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execution.  The Spectator. ... - Page 1491789Full view - About this book
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...nation from the turn of their public monuments aud inscriptions, they should be submitted to the perusal for me, was at the club that night, undertook my cause. He told SirCloudesly Shovel's monument hoe very often given me great offence. Instead of the brave rou¿h English... | |
 | George Oliver - Bishops - 1861 - 546 pages
...in the words of Addison, that "inscriptions on public monuments should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius, before they are put in execution." CHAPTER VII. SURVEY OP THE EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE Cathedral Church of St. Peter is the pride... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...delighted with several modern epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and Justness of thought, and therefore do honour to the living...is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
 | Sir Henry Cole - 1867 - 154 pages
...delighted with several modem epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honour to the living...is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or po liteness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...delighted with several modern epitaphs, which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honour to the living...is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 610 pages
...elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honor to the living as well as to the dead. , As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea ofb the ignorance or politeness of a nation, from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions,... | |
 | John Ramsay - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1871 - 414 pages
...his tomb, and thus record a tribute of veneration for his memory. In a subsequent sentence he says, " As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation," etc. Here the word " politeness," as opposed to " ignorance," means an acquaintance... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honour to the living as well as to the dead. As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...which are written with great elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honor to the living as well as the dead. As a foreigner...is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...elegance of expression and justness of thought, and therefore do honour to the living as well as to the dead. As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted... | |
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