 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...wisdom, bravery, or 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. We came too late to visit monuments ; some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was in the island,... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 pages
...wisdom, bravery, or 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." The evening was fast approaching when we came to a Pottowattomie village, on the west shore. As it... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1825 - 190 pages
...Wisdom, Bravery, or 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 Iona."f > On entering a similar Scene—Tintern Abbey—the writer knew a Gentleman so overpowered... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 602 pages
...virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain vOL. IX. t of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We come too late to visit monuments ; some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was in the island,... | |
 | Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby - 1825 - 272 pages
...Johnson's indignation at ' the feelings of that man, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.' What would he think then of those who could pick chicken bones under the pillars of the Temples of... | |
 | Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby - 1825 - 322 pages
...Johnson's indignation at ' the feelings of that man, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Ionia.' What would he think then of those who could pick chicken bones under the pillars of the Temples... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 pages
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathron, or whose 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,... | |
 | Jean Rodolphe Peyran - 1826 - 620 pages
...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 not...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." — May we not add, or in the valleys of Luzerna, Perosa, and San Martino ? * Dr. Samuel Johnson. NOUVELLES... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The 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." hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use of metaphorical... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 pages
...wisdom, bravery, or 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." But this refers to generations of the holy and the wise who are passed away, and their mantles we keep... | |
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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. 
