 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 Abolition of Man - Page 6by C. S. Lewis - 2009 - 128 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1811 - 848 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pages
...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...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would rot grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with... | |
 | 1812 - 778 pages
...distant, or the future predominate over the pre*ent, advances u» in the diguity of thinking beings. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plan of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." There is a species... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton - 1812 - 90 pages
...crimes have been perpetrated, will always excite kindred emotions of admiration or horror: And if " 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 Joua," we may with equal... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...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...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...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...whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona! " * * Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world must hare acknowledged... | |
 | John Britton - 1813 - 138 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1813 - 458 pages
...POETRY. LOCAL EMOTION. " That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not pain force «n the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the rums of lona." Jou>-s«>- . Lives there a man who would not know On Marathon or Leuctra's plain, Warmer... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...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 would...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... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 pages
...crimes have been perpetrated, will always excite kindred emotions of admiration or horror : And if " 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 Jona," we may, with equal... | |
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