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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... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 317
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806
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Antiquarian Researches: Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the ...

Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 344 pages
...friends, such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved, over any ground that lias been dignified by wisdom, bravery or virtue. That...•envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the rums of lona." Partaking of this...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2

Thomas Brown - 1824 - 490 pages
...advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends," he continues, ube such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent...unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wis• Fancy's plume. — Orig. f Pleasures of Imagination, v. 567, 604, with the exclusion of v. 571,...
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Antiquarian Researches: Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the ...

Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 344 pages
...mistake not) expressed the genuine sentiment of humanity, when he said, " Far be from me or my friends, such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved, over any ground that tias 'been dignified by wisdom, bravery oi virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism...
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Antiquarian Researches: Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the ...

Epaphras Hoyt - 1824 - 338 pages
...mistake not) expressed the genuine sentiment of humanity, when he said, " Far be from me or my friends, such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved, over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery or virtue. That man .is little to be envied whose patriotism...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...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...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...
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Journal and Proceedings, Volume 10

Royal Australian Historical Society - 1925 - 452 pages
...future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct...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...
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The Dove in the Stone: Finding the Sacred in the Commonplace

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 would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." We walked pensively southward...
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Fictions of Reality in the Age of Hume and Johnson, Volume 10

Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 pages
...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...patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona" (journey 148). Boswell quotes...
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The Golden Age of Myth & Legend

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...
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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson

Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 pages
...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...conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism...
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