| 1817 - 292 pages
...present, advances us in the digpity of thinking heings." " That man," he continues, " is little to he envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona ;" and, in the same strain of sentiment, I would ask, who could traverse with cold indifference and... | |
| 1817 - 732 pages
...in the spirit of a true-born Englishman, mutatis mutandis, from the same great writer, "That Briton is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Waterloo." How did I wish at that moment for the pencil, not of a Poet of the modern school,... | |
| W. M. Wade - 1818 - 524 pages
...indifferent and " unmoved, over any ground which has been dig" nified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man " is little to be envied, whose patriotism...would not grow warmer among the ruins " of lona." And who but must feel emotion of such a nature — who but must be sensible of a generous elevation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 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...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... | |
| W. M. Wade - 1818 - 530 pages
...indifferent and: " unmoved, over any ground which has been dig" nitied by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man " is little to be envied, whose patriotism..." piety would not grow warmer among the ruins " of lonai" And who> but- must feel emotion of *uch a nature—who but must be sensible of a generous elevation... | |
| John Evans - 1818 - 564 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 ! " After a fortnight's... | |
| 1819 - 304 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...gain force upon the plain of " Marathon, or whose rjicty would not grow warmer among the ruins "•etlonn." Having made this digression from the subject... | |
| William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 820 pages
...bravery or virtue. That man U little 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."* V. Present $ Former Slate of Population, Food, «fc. The number of houses, by the best calculation... | |
| 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... | |
| William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 372 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 on the plains of Marathon, or whose piefy would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."* V. Present... | |
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