 | John Britton - 1813 - 138 pagina’s
...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 lona."* If the plains of Marathon, and the ruins of lona, be calculated to stimulate curiosity, and awaken... | |
 | 1813 - 458 pagina’s
...POETRY. LOCAL EMOTION. " That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not pain force «n the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the rums of lona." Jou>-s«>- . Lives there a man who would not know On Marathon or Leuctra's plain, Warmer... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pagina’s
...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...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." While a pilgrimage to Palestine may be made, as it often is, subservient to the cause of error and... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pagina’s
...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 is still more to be pitied, whose heart swells with no virtuous emotion when the clouds of... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 pagina’s
...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 confidence, assert, that morbid must be his sensibility, and small must be... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pagina’s
...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...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." As a political writer, his productions are more distinguished by subtlety of disquisition, poignancy... | |
 | 1815 - 698 pagina’s
...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." ' . The study of the Gothic architecture takes no weaker hold upon the mind, for it connects itself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pagina’s
...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 not...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use of metaphorical expressions. JOHNSON. "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 pagina’s
...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...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,... | |
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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. 
