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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in the ... - Page 136
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First flowers, by a literary amateur

First flowers - 1825 - 306 pages
...language more appropriate than that of Burke. ' He \isited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the...
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The Flowers of Wit, Volumes 1-2

Henry Kett - 1825 - 298 pages
...as full of genius, as it is of humanity. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptitousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale ot the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 394 pages
...Howard," said the orator, " was a man who traversed foreign countries, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to...curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge in the infection of hospitals ; to...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 pages
...open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1826 - 208 pages
...occasions by persons of genius. — " He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts, nor to collect medals or collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ;...
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Blossoms at Christmas and First Flowers of the New Year

1825 - 306 pages
...language more appropriate than that of Burke. ' He visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousncss of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts; — but to dive into the...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect me. dais, or collate manuscripts;...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe—not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, or to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts;—but...
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Death on the Pale Horse

John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 pages
...eloquent BURKE, "that he visited all Europe (and the East) not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, nor the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements...or to collate manuscripts ; :but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and...
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Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Textbook

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1827 - 512 pages
...— "He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the statelincss of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of...grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern arts, nor to collect medals or collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ;...
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