 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 of modern art ; not to collect medals,...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Pàgina 2731818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1830 - 370 pàgines
...like the gospel of Jesus to cheer and console them. It was a blessed thing therefore, that he came 'to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the .forsaken, and to comfort all that mourn.' I would not be understood to say that the poor alone stand in need of these... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 628 pàgines
...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...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 626 pàgines
...hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of miscry, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity.... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - 418 pàgines
...plunge into the mfection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and of pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt...neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; and to compare and to collate the distresses of all men and in all countries. His plan is original, and it is as full... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 pàgines
...hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of miscry, depression and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pàgines
...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...the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare ai?d collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1831 - 388 pàgines
...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;...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1888 - 462 pàgines
...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...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries." It must never be forgotten that "it was his visit to the gaol of Newgate,... | |
 | Sanford Moon Green - 1889 - 376 pàgines
...hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...and collate the distresses of men in all countries." Howard's great soul was awakened to the miseries of those who were in prison by having himself been... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pàgines
...measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but...attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries '. 6. The circumstances that justify... | |
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