 ... 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,...  An Essay on Genius: Or, The Philosophy of Literature - Page 13by John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...form a scale of the- curiosity of modern art ; not to collecl medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to plunge into...neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and coly late the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original, and it is full of genius... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...mansions of sorrow and pain — to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and comfort — to remember the forgotten — to attend to the neglected...collate the distresses of all men in all countries. On his return, he published, in 1777, "The state of the Prisons in England and Wales, with prelimiminary... | |
 | 1802 - 764 pages
...pain ; and to take the ' gauge and dimensions of misery, ' depression, and contempt ; to re4 member the forgotten ; to attend to ' the neglected ; to...visit the forsaken ; ' and to compare and collate the dis' tresses of all men, in all countries.' We might compare the state of society in those countries... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...misery, de" pressiou, and contempt; to remember the " forgotten; to attend to the neglected; " to vi$it the forsaken; and to compare " and collate the distresses of all men in " all countries*." No selfish view mixes itself with the practice of virtue. Neither worldly wealth nor worldly honours... | |
 | B. Lambert - 1806 - 624 pages
...depths of dungeons; to plunge inn the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and of pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery,...distresses of all men, in all countries. His plan was original, and as full of genius as of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...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 compare and collate the distresses of all men in iiil countries! His plan is original, and it is as full of genins as it is of humanity. It was a voyage... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 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... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...medals, or to collate manuscripts— to dive into the depths of dungeons — to plunge into th< fection of hospitals— to survey the mansions of sorrow and...collate the distresses of all men in all countries.' He, even he, is denied in England, the common rights of a subject : he is incapable of legal admission... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...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;...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.... | |
 | 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... | |
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