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The Power of Religion on the Mind: In Retirement, Affliction, and at the ... - Page 303
by Lindley Murray - 1888 - 378 pages
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...philanthropic Howard. ' I cannot name Mr. Howard without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the swmptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the...
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The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American ..., Volume 3

James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...offered him by persons of the first distinction, applying himself solely to his own grand object. He visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of temples — not to make accurate measurements of ancient grandeur — nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art — not to collect medals,...
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Betrachtungen über das weibliche Geschlecht und dessen Ausbildung in ..., Part 1

Ernst Brandes - 1802 - 458 pages
...tyn erinnern : I cannot name Mr. Howard without remarking, that his laboure and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of Mankind. He has, visited all£urope, — not to survey the eumptuousnefs of palaces, or the statelinefs of temples; not to make...
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Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, Volume 1

1803 - 430 pages
...remarking that his labours nnd writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind — he hns visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness...of palaces, or the stateliness of temples, not to rr.rAe accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, not to form a scale of the curiosity...
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The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the ..., Volume 4

B. Lambert - 1806 - 624 pages
...country and every UJ/P. In his humane pursuits, he, to use the expressive language of Mr. Burke*, " visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness c«f * Speech at Guildhall, Bristol, 1780, temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...again in jail. I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts :— but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...again in jail. I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...again in jail. I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has...nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to...
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The Prosaic Garland: Consisting of Upwards of Two-hundred Pieces Selected ...

John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...inimitable beanty:-* " I CANNOT name him without remarking, that his labours and writings have d«ne much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sump, tuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of tern, pies : not to make accurate measurements of...
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The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar

Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...Burke ; ' 1 cannot name this gentleman, with' out remarking, that his labours and writings hav.e done ' much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has ' visited all Europe — not to,survey the sumptuousness of pa' laces, or the stateliness of temnles ; not to make accurate ' measurements...
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