 | Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby - 1825 - 272 σελίδες
...Johnson's indignation at ' the feelings of that man, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.' What would he think then of those who could pick chicken bones under the pillars of the Temples of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 602 σελίδες
...virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain vOL. IX. t of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We come too late to visit monuments ; some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was in the island,... | |
 | Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby - 1825 - 322 σελίδες
...Johnson's indignation at ' the feelings of that man, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Ionia.' What would he think then of those who could pick chicken bones under the pillars of the Temples... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 σελίδες
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathron, or whose 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,... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 σελίδες
...Douglas. — " I must confess that I do not. Will you have the kindness to repeat it ? " Saadi. — " ' We were now treading that illustrious island, which...would not grow warmer .among the ruins of lona.'., " You, Douglas, are one of those whom the Doctor would have removed far away from himself and from... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 σελίδες
...it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power r Hist. lit. de 1'Italie ii. p. 373 and 453. of our senses, whatever makes the pas't, the distant,...piety Would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." But this refers to generations of the holy and the wise who are passed away, and their mantles we keep... | |
 | 1826 - 738 σελίδες
...future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, ar.d from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Yours, &c. PHILOCHTHES. Mr. URBAN, Highgate, near Birmingham, Oct. (i. IN connection with the subject... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 σελίδες
...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." hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use of metaphorical... | |
 | Jean Rodolphe Peyran - 1826 - 620 σελίδες
...wisdom, bravery, or virtue. 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." — May we not add, or in the valleys of Luzerna, Perosa, and San Martino ? * Dr. Samuel Johnson. NOUVELLES... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 548 σελίδες
...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 Iona."J * Fancy's plume. — Orig. t Pleasures of Imagination, v. 567, 604, with the exclusion of v.... | |
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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... 
