 That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.  From Egypt to Japan - Page 264by Henry Martyn Field - 1877 - 424 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in tie dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy,...patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marrathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We came too late to visit... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1807 - 496 pages
...may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, briavery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Maratkon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona * 1" * Had our Tour produced... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 378 pages
...friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground whjch has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would riot grow warmer among the ruins of I-ona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1835 - 606 pages
...CVII, E OF or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of human beings. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the Plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Lona.' Yet Marathon... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...the future, predominate over the present, adTances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far fronv me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of lona /"* Upon hearing that Sir Allan M'Lean was arrived, the inhabitants,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...the future predominate over the present, advances us in * ' cc 4 the the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy,...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plajn of Marathon* or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins oflona. We came too late to... | |
 | Henry Kett - Best books - 1812 - 500 pages
...distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us to the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends be such frigid philosophy,...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would rot grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton - Indians of North America - 1812 - 90 pages
...crimes have been perpetrated, will always excite kindred emotions of admiration or horror: And if " that man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Joua," we may with equal... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1812 - 778 pages
...distant, or the future predominate over the pre*ent, advances u» in the diguity of thinking beings. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plan of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." There is a species... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture, Gothic - 1813 - 138 pages
...one, and reflecting on the other. " Far from me, and far from my friends," as Dr. Johnson observes, " be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."* If the plains of... | |
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