| John Britton - 1813 - 138 Seiten
...observes, " be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....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... | |
| 1845 - 752 Seiten
...friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." While a pilgrimage to Palestine may be made, as it often... | |
| New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1814 - 550 Seiten
...excellence, which often float before the mind, and then vanish away like the mist of the morning. If " that man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force in the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona," surely he... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 Seiten
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That toan is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." As a political writer, his productions are more distinguished... | |
| 1815 - 698 Seiten
...exist no more, is unqualified for the most enviable attainments of the scholar or the philosopher; " that man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain fofce upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." '... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 Seiten
...friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....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 : some care was necessary... | |
| Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 Seiten
...friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....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: some care was necessary... | |
| James Boswell - 1816 - 500 Seiten
...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...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use... | |
| W M. Wade - 1817 - 662 Seiten
...philosophy, as would conduct us, indifferent and " unmoved, over any ground which has been dig" nilied by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man " is little...upon the plain of Marathon, or whose " piety would not grow warmer among the ruins " of lona." And who but must feel emotion of such a nature — who... | |
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