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, or collate manuscripts:... Letters to Young Ladies - Page 204by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1837 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
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...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimension's of misery, depressjon, and contempt : to remember the forgotten, to attend to... | |
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| Early English newspapers - 1815 - 704 pages
...form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; net to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts; but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to' plunge into the infection of hospitals, in survey the mansions of sorrow and pain s to take tbe gauge and dimensions of misery, depression,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1815 - 382 pages
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