| 1812 - 778 pages
...distant, or the future predominate over the pre*ent, advances u» in the diguity of thinking beings. 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 lona." There is a species... | |
| James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona! " * * Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world... | |
| James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona /." * * Had our Tour produced nothing .else but this sublime passage, the world... | |
| John Britton - 1813 - 138 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...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 is, subservient... | |
| New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." As a political writer, his productions are more distinguished by subtlety... | |
| 1815 - 698 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 for ourselves.... | |
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