 Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct 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...  The Great North of Scotland Railway. A Guide - Página xivde William Ferguson (of Kinmundy.) - 1881 - 174 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1833 - 280 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 408 páginas
...look on it with indifference and apathy ? To apply the words of our great moralist, " Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy ! That man is...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." For the benefit of... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 416 páginas
...look on it with indifference and apathy ? To apply the words of our great moralist, " Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy ! That man is...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." For the benefit of... | |
 | 1834 - 536 páginas
...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...not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warm among the ruins of lona." Yet it was not till the present day, that the inhabitants... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1821 - 422 páginas
...mind in its 52 ' betters 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... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - 1925 - 452 páginas
...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 warmer among the ruins of lona. Amongst the... | |
 | Alice O. Howell - 1988 - 220 páginas
...set foot on their island. But the spirit of Columba never left the place, and Johnson was to remark: "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." We walked pensively... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 páginas
...Druidical origin. It is in reference to all these remains of ancient religion that Johnson exclaims, 'That man is little to be envied whose patriotism...not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer amid the ruins of lona.' In the 'Lord of the Isles' Scott beautifully contrasts... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 páginas
...conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. 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? (p. 148) With its... | |
 | Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 páginas
...both moved by the presence of history. Boswell repeats Johnson s expostulation in his own account: "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 Iona\" (5: 334). Boswell... | |
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