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Pagina vii
... objects were to assuage human sorrow ; to mitigate , not to augment , the distress of suf- fering humanity ; to remove , as far as possible , the causes of grief where they existed , not to create them where they existed not . The ...
... objects were to assuage human sorrow ; to mitigate , not to augment , the distress of suf- fering humanity ; to remove , as far as possible , the causes of grief where they existed , not to create them where they existed not . The ...
Pagina viii
... objects ; but to accomplish this has been his constant endeavour . He has laboured not to make the details tiresome from their length and minuteness , nor uninteresting from their brevity . How far he has succeeded an enlightened public ...
... objects ; but to accomplish this has been his constant endeavour . He has laboured not to make the details tiresome from their length and minuteness , nor uninteresting from their brevity . How far he has succeeded an enlightened public ...
Pagina 5
... object he chiefly had in view , was to make himself acquainted with the most finished foreign specimens of the fine arts ; and to possess himself , as far as practicable , with some of the choicest paintings of foreign artists . That he ...
... object he chiefly had in view , was to make himself acquainted with the most finished foreign specimens of the fine arts ; and to possess himself , as far as practicable , with some of the choicest paintings of foreign artists . That he ...
Pagina 6
... objects of dis- tress , and took great pleasure in rendering them assistance , influenced evidently by that noble Chris- tian principle , “ It is more blessed to give than to receive . " Such was now the delicate state of Howard's ...
... objects of dis- tress , and took great pleasure in rendering them assistance , influenced evidently by that noble Chris- tian principle , “ It is more blessed to give than to receive . " Such was now the delicate state of Howard's ...
Pagina 37
... objects of his benevolence at Cardington . and Bedford , as would prevent them from expe- riencing any serious loss during his protracted ab- sence , he determined again to visit Italy , being assured that he could only recover his ...
... objects of his benevolence at Cardington . and Bedford , as would prevent them from expe- riencing any serious loss during his protracted ab- sence , he determined again to visit Italy , being assured that he could only recover his ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 405 - He has visited all 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:— but 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,...
Pagina 405 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; t» take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 405 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and 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 ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Pagina 402 - The energy of his determination was so great, that if, instead of being habitual, it had been shown only for a short time on particular occasions, it would have appeared a vehement impetuosity; but by being unintermitted, it had an equability of manner which scarcely appeared to exceed the tone of a calm constancy, it was so totally the reverse of any thing like turbulence or agitation.
Pagina 359 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Pagina 363 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.
Pagina 400 - Our national prisons and hospitals, improved upon the suggestion of his wisdom, bear testimony to the solidity of his judgment, and to the estimation in which he was held. In every part of the civilized world, which he traversed to reduce the sum of human misery, from the throne to the dungeon, his name was mentioned with respect, gratitude, and admiration.
Pagina 162 - Have you ever so inflicted it?' 'I have.' ' Have you lately ':' ' Yes, the last man who was punished with my hands by the knout, died of the punishment,' ' In what manner do you thus render it mortal ?' ' By one or more strokes on the sides, which carry off large pieces of flesh.
Pagina 163 - I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they arrived at the place of punishment, the hussars formed...
Pagina 402 - The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation, and commencing them in action, was the same. I wonder what must have been the amount of that bribe in emolument or pleasure, that would have detained him a week inactive after their final adjustment.