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" ... name this gentleman without remarking that his labours 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... "
The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ... - Page 28
by Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 645 pages
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and iiearts of mankind. 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; nor to form a scale of the curiosity...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, with an ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...has exhibited a fine instance of this figure, in his eulogium of the philanthropic Howard. ' 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, nor to form a scale of the curiosity...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...humanity -.^a-who (to adopt the expre|sive words of Mr. Burke) " visited all Europe {]and the East], not to survey the. sumptuousness of palaces, or. the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of an-cient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the. curiosity...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 514 pages
...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 Btateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor...
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The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...1, 2. 2 Cor. iv. 17. vi. 4. 8 — 10. ME. BURKE, in a speech delivered at Bristol, in the year 17SO, has the following beautiful exemplification of this...not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; npt to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts; but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the s.umptuousness...of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1814 - 538 pages
...remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He lias 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, nor to form a scale of the curiosity...
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Missionary Register, Volumes 2-3

Missions - 1814 - 548 pages
...in a far higher sense to the toils and objects of the Missionary. " We are visiting all the world, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the .remains of ancient grandeur; not to form a scale of the curiosities...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 5

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1815 - 596 pages
...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 measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 85, Part 1; Volume 117

Early English newspapers - 1815 - 740 pages
..." 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 palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of antient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art...
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