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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ... - Page 809
by William Cobbett - 1816
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...medals, or collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depth of dungeons, to plunge into the infe6\ion 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...
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The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American ..., Volume 3

James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...curiosities of modern art — not to collect medals, or to collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depth of dungeons — to plunge into the infection of hospitals...survey the mansions of sorrow and pain — to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and comfort — to remember the forgotten — to attend...
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The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious Subjects

John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...is his pride and his glory, " to dive into the " depths of dungeons; to plunge into the " infections of hospitals; to survey the " mansions of sorrow and pain; to take " the gauge and dimensions of misery, de" pressiou, and contempt; to remember the " forgotten; to attend...
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Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, Volume 1

1803 - 430 pages
...remains of ancient grandeur, not to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of...to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take tha .guage and dimensions of misery, to rememb'er the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...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...hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; t» take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
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The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar

Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...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...hospitals ; to ' survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, and to take the ' gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; rr, r* ' «-* -• SECTION...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

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 pain— to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt— to remember the forgotten— to attend...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...curiosity of modern art ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : but to dive into the depth of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals;...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...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, with an ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 pages
...of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; nor to collect medals, or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths...of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and jpain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
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A Journal of Travels in England, Holland, and Scotland: And of Two ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Silliman - 1812 - 340 pages
...ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosities of modern art ; not to collect medals, nor to collate manuscripts ; but to dive into the depths...to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take guage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten ; to attend to...
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