 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...the Sienity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, «s may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground...is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gam force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not erow warmer among the ruins of lona.... | |
 | Richard Llwyd - 1804 - 258 Seiten
...Marathon, or whose Piety would not grow warm amid the ruins of lona ; far be it from me to pass indifferent over any ground which has been dignified by Wisdom, Bravery, or Virtue. SONNET TO RESIGNATION. Jlither, Maid of plaeid eye, With looks on earth, but thoughts on bighWhere'er,... | |
 | 1805 - 570 Seiten
...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible ;' and never ' with frigid philosophy passes indifferent and unmoved over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue.' The birthplace of Newton (Woolsthorpe, near Colsterworth, Lincoln* shire) claims and obtain:? a panegyrical... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 496 Seiten
...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such 'frigid philosophy as may conduct...over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, briavery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...over the presensr advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, he such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any •( ground wh1cl, has oeen dign,fied by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little 1 to be envied, whose patriotism... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 Seiten
...senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, ad. vances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me...conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground whjch has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 Seiten
...CVII, E OF or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of human beings. That man 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.' Yet Marathon... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 Seiten
...the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as would conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground...has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue." Journey to the Western Islands. Few places, t may be added, afford such ample scope to the indulgence... | |
 | 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
...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct...been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That toan is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose... | |
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct... 
