 ... dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from 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. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 317by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona " Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with admiration at the si<»hl of the monuments... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...The man is little 1 to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon tl,e plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." cellence in style, when it is used with propriety, for it 1777gives you two ideas for one ;— conveys... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pages
...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 for ourselves. Whatever was in tho island, Sir Allan could command, for the inhabi. tants were Macleans ; but, having little, they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...gain force upon the plajn of Marathon* or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins oflona. We came too late to visit monuments; some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was iu the island, Sir Allan could demand, for the inhabitants were Macleans; but having little, they could... | |
 | James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1811 - 848 pages
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Y y 2 Some Some of the fossils of Icolmkill deserve notice.— I. The Port-na-Cu' aich stone, often... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona /." * * Had our Tour produced nothing .else but this sublime passage, the world must have acknowledged... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 138 pages
...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."* If the plains of Marathon, and the ruins of lona, be calculated to stimulate curiosity, and awaken... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pages
...If " that man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force in the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona," surely he is still more to be pitied, whose heart swells with no virtuous emotion when the clouds of... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." While a pilgrimage to Palestine may be made, as it often is, subservient to the cause of error and... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...That toan is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." As a political writer, his productions are more distinguished by subtlety of disquisition, poignancy... | |
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