 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 828 pages
...future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct...us indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which lias been dignified by wisdom, bravery or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism... | |
 | 1819 - 552 pages
...before the mind in its better hours; and then vanish away for ever, before the breath of the world. If " that man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plain of Marathon, and whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona," surely he... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...different pitch of the voice from the other. 6. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would hot force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of Iona'. 7- The pleasures of the imagination, the pleasure arising from science,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 424 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...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,...has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1820 - 570 pages
...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from us, and from our friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct...over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom or by virtue. That man is little to be envied whose piety will not grow warmer as he treads the ruins... | |
 | William Turner - 1820 - 546 pages
...the pacifick labours of the husbandman. I felt here all the justice of Johnson's observation, — " That man is little to be " envied, whose patriotism...would not gain force upon " the plain of Marathon." We had nominally five hours ride to Mendeli, of which three lay by the side of the sea. The only coins... | |
 | William Turner - 1820 - 526 pages
...the pacifick labours of the husbandman. I felt here all the justice of Johnson's observation, — " That man is little to be " envied, whose patriotism...would not gain force upon " the plain of Marathon." We had nominally five hours ride to Mendeli, of which three lay by the side of the sea. The only coins... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820 - 410 pages
...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 us unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...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... | |
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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... 
