| 1843 - 632 σελίδες
...this class; and of these he has given minute descriptions. Those at Boston, he believes to be ' as perfect as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and ' humanity can make them.' ' In all of them, the unfor' tunate or degenerate citizens of the State are carefully instruct' ed... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1842 - 646 σελίδες
...almighty dollar sinks into something comparatively insignificant , amidst a whole Pantheon of better gods. Above all , I sincerely believe that the public institutions...bereavement, than in my visits to these establishments. It is a great and pleasant feature of all such institutions in America, that they are either supported... | |
| 1842 - 590 σελίδες
...almighty dollar sinks into something comparatively insignificant, amidst a whole Pantheon of better gods. Above all, I sincerely believe that the public institutions...bereavement, than in my visits to these establishments. It is a great and pleasant feature of all such institutions in America, that they are either supported... | |
| S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 σελίδες
...almighty dollar sinks irilo something comparatively insignificant, amidst a whole Pantheon of belter gods. Above all. I sincerely believe that the public institutions...humanity, can make them. I never in my life was more aflected by the contemplation of happiness, under circumstances of privation and bereavement, than... | |
| 1842 - 592 σελίδες
...that the public institution* •and charities of this capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfecl, as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and humanity,...bereavement, than in my visits to these establishments. It is a great and pleasant feature of all such institutions in America, that they are either supported... | |
| 1842 - 468 σελίδες
...dollar sinks into something comparatively insignificant, amidst a whole Pantheon of better gods. " Above all, I sincerely believe that the public institutions and charities of \.v.~ capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfect, as the most considerate wi&Ioz^ benevolence,... | |
| THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - 672 σελίδες
...this class ; and of these he has given minute descriptions. Those at Boston, he believes to be ' as perfect as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and ' humanity can make them.' ' In all of them, the unfor' tunate or degenerate citizens of the State are carefully instruct' ed... | |
| John Ross Dix, Looker on - 1845 - 160 σελίδες
...one in a thousand does so to any good or useful purpose. Dickens says, in his ' American Notes,' ' I sincerely believe that the public institutions and...bereavement, than in my visits to these establishments.' This is most true — but how many hundreds are there in Boston who know little or nothing of these... | |
| Robert W. Russell - 1848 - 326 σελίδες
...extremely good, and the public buildings handsome. " The public institutions and charities of Boston are as nearly perfect as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and humanity can make them." He considers that America has set an example to other countries on the subject of prison discipline.... | |
| William Hancock (emigrant.) - 1860 - 368 σελίδες
...vanity than the most inveterate American can find him guilty of. " I sincerely believe," he says, " that the public institutions and charities of this...bereavement than in my visits to these establishments."* All readers of " American Notes" are familiar with the account given of the Asylum for thfe Blind,... | |
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