 ... 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 gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 311833Full view - About this book
 | James Baker - Poor - 1819 - 216 pages
...eloquent writer,^) " ' 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 neglected, and to visit the forsaken,' " the sentiment becomes virtue, and the reward is " of the highest and... | |
 | John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - Genius - 1820 - 138 pages
...infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt : to remember...circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country. I hope he will anticipate his final reward, Jiy seeing... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1820 - 326 pages
...take guag* and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten ; to altend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to...of genius as it is of humanity. It is a voyage of philanthropy — a circumnavigation of charity !" the ambitious, vain, and frivolous Louis, and of... | |
 | James Inglis - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 406 pages
...infection of hospitals — to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain — to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt — to remember...collate the distresses of all men in all countries," that he might relieve some. Such a character is a phenomenon in the moral world which seems to be employed... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember...collate the distresses of all men in all countries." . • -t -, • ,,. „, .-,), , . John Howard was born at Hackney, in 1726. His father, who was a... | |
 | Baptists - 1820 - 562 pages
...infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. Hie plan is original: it is as full... | |
 | John Cole - 1821 - 78 pages
...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...and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery—a circumna'vigation of charity." — Jiurte. That translation by which... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember...the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan was original ; it was as full of genius, as it was of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Children's stories - 1821 - 238 pages
...to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten ; te attend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken; and...of all men in all countries. His plan is original, audit is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery; a circumnavigation of... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt ; to remember the...neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and to collate the distresses of all men in all countries.' CATULUS. Allusions to proper names, for the... | |
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