 ... 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,...  Letters to Young Ladies - Page 204by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1837 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - Eloquence - 1807 - 298 pages
...history of religion affords us, the best, in my opinion, is the eulogy of S. Vincent ' to rememberthe forgotten ; to attend to the neglected ; to ' visit the forsaken ; and to compare and collate the distres' ses of all men, in all countries. ' His plan is original ; and is as full of genius as it... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 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. His plan is original , and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow an:l pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit tho. forsaken, and compare and collate the distresses of all men, in alt countries." The next figure... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 844 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 forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visitthe forsaken, and tocompare •and collate the distress of all men of all countries."* He is called... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 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...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. It was a voyage of discovery;... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 514 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...forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses 6f all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and jpain ; to take the gage 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.' The next figure concerning which... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to repiember the forgotten ; to.attend to the neglected ; to visit the forsaken ; .and to compare and collate the.distresses of all me,n in :all Countries.. H» plan is original; and it:is as full of genius as.it... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1812 - 340 pages
...the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember...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. It is a voyage of f/iilanthropy—a.... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 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...col'late the distresses of ALL MEN IN ALL COUNTRIES/ mn» 5. Climax, the last figure to be noticed, it (I.) when the word or expression which concludes... | |
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