 | John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 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.'., " You, Douglas, are one of those whom the Doctor would have removed far away from himself and from... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 548 pages
...bravery, or virtue. 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 Iona."J * Fancy's plume. — Orig. t Pleasures of Imagination, v. 567, 604, with the exclusion of v.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...The man Is little to be envier!, whosi; patriotism would not gain force u]H>n the plain of Mtrathon, Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world must have acknowledged that... | |
 | 1828 - 924 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." Whether the eloquent enthusiasm of this writer was not raised in this celebrated passage beyond what... | |
 | 1828 - 546 pages
...bravery, and virtue. The 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 lona, he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " I am persuaded that my dearest Mary will not only allow... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1828 - 698 pages
...bravery, and virtue. The 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 Iona." l From Iona, he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " I am persuaded that my dearest Mary will not only... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 146 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." — Journey to the Western Islands. Note 6, page 49. Aloof from these the youthful Darnley stood. Henry... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - 376 pages
...bravery, and virtue. The 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 lona, he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " I am persuaded that my dearest Mary will not only allow in«... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1829 - 428 pages
...bravery, and virtue. The 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." The principal mineral found in lona is a yellowish-green serpentine. A cave in the south part of the... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1829 - 700 pages
...bravery, and virtue. The 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." l From lona he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " August 20//i. 1820. ee I am persuaded that my dearest Mary... | |
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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. 
