 | James Boswell - 1822 - 458 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...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 that... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 546 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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 554 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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1822 - 434 pages
...philosophy, as may conduct us unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism...not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose enthusiasm would not grow warmer among the ruins of Rome"* For the frequency of the observations contained... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1822 - 312 pages
...us. " That man," says Dr. Johnson, " is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." 226. On account of their unlimited range, the accidental or merely arbitrary combinations, are extensively... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 546 pages
...or virtue. That man is little to be envied, iv hose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, — or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."* When Antony, in his 'funeral eulogium of Caesar, uncovered the body before the people, he knew well... | |
 | David Stewart - 1822 - 658 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 piety would not grow warm among the ruins of lona." Such a seat... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1824 - 372 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ] | |
 | William Otter - 1824 - 700 pages
...Two thousand fell during the action and in the retreat. Our great moralist, Johnson, observes, * The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon ;' but what degree of apathy must characterize the traveller, who in crossing the field of Culloden,... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pages
...wisdom, bravery or virtue. The man is little to be euried, whose patriotism u*nnld not gain force itpou the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." — Dr. JOHNSOH. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. BAXTER, LE\VES. MDCCCXXIV. TO SIR CHARLES MERRICK BURRELL,... | |
| |
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. 
