 | 1831 - 446 pages
...from his tyrants. I shall conclude my present observations with the words of our great moralist; " That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lonn." Feb. 9. TEMPLAHIUS. LORD EnSEINE AT НOI.RHЛМ. " I had... | |
 | Jacob Green - 1831 - 298 pages
...friends, such frigid philosophy as will conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any 98 ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue:...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 lona." The town... | |
 | John Britton - 1832 - 198 pages
...friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."* * " Tour in the... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1832 - 392 pages
...friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." III. ARBITRARY or... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - 1925 - 452 pages
...my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....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 lona. Amongst the... | |
 | Alice O. Howell - 1988 - 220 pages
...set foot on their island. But the spirit of Columba never left the place, and Johnson was to remark: "That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." We walked pensively southward and then turned west along... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 pages
...friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona! [JWI 123-24] The reverence for the religious heritage of lona... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 pages
...Druidical origin. It is in reference to all these remains of ancient religion that Johnson exclaims, '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 amid the ruins of lona.' In the 'Lord of the... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pages
...my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona? (p. 148) With its references to the past and the classics,... | |
 | Ronald Ferguson, Ron Ferguson - 1998 - 196 pages
...build their own byres and dykes. Even in its state of dissolution, lona moved Dr Johnson, who observed: That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. Another visitor was Sir Walter Scott, who described the inhabitants... | |
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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... 
