 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 828 pàgines
...bravery or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona."# V. Present if Former Sfule of Population, Food, $c. The number of houses, by the best calculation... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pàgines
...different pitch of the voice from the other. 6. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would hot force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of Iona'. 7- The pleasures of the imagination, the pleasure arising from science,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 424 pàgines
...indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was in the island,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pàgines
...distant, or the future, predo. minate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinkingbeings. Far from 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." Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 546 pàgines
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 554 pàgines
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1822 - 312 pàgines
...us. " That man," says Dr. Johnson, " 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." 226. On account of their unlimited range, the accidental or merely arbitrary combinations, are extensively... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 546 pàgines
...or virtue. That man is little to be envied, iv hose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, — or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."* When Antony, in his 'funeral eulogium of Caesar, uncovered the body before the people, he knew well... | |
 | William Otter - 1824 - 700 pàgines
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, and virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona/* " However fervently we might have been impressed with the enthusiasm thus beautifully described,... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pàgines
...wisdom, bravery or virtue. The man is little to be euried, whose patriotism u*nnld not gain force itpou the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." — Dr. JOHNSOH. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. BAXTER, LE\VES. MDCCCXXIV. TO SIR CHARLES MERRICK BURRELL,... | |
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct... 
