 ... temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection...  The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Page 114by Reuben Percy - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to plunge into the infe6\ion of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...collect medals, or to collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depth of dungeons — to plunge into the infection of hospitals — to survey the mansions...the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and comfort — to remember the forgotten — to attend to the neglected — to visit the forsaken, and... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...is his pride and his glory, " to dive into the " depths of dungeons; to plunge into the " infections of hospitals; to survey the " mansions of sorrow and pain; to take " the gauge and dimensions of misery, de" pressiou, and contempt; to remember the " forgotten; to attend... | |
 | 1803 - 430 pages
...not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take tha .guage and dimensions of misery, to rememb'er the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...to collect menials, or collate maouicripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...collect medals, or collate manuscripts :— but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...collect ' medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths 'of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to ' survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, and to take the ' gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; rr, r* ' «-* -• SECTION... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; t» take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,... | |
 | 1808 - 540 pages
...collect medals, or to collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the... | |
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