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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... "
The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - Pagina 15
door James Boswell - 1821
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 412 pagina’s
...the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured ; and...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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pagina’s
...distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings, tzi from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy...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...
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Broadstone of Honor

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 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...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...
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The Revolt of the Bees ...

John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 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...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...
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An Historical Defence of the Waldenses Or Vaudois: Inhabitants of the ...

Jean Rodolphe Peyran - 1826 - 620 pagina’s
...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...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Thomas Brown - 1826 - 548 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 Iona."J * Fancy's plume. — Orig. t Pleasures of Imagination, v. 567, 604, with the exclusion of v....
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The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature, Volume 2

1828 - 924 pagina’s
...us indifferent and unmoved over ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Whether the eloquent enthusiasm of this writer was not raised in this celebrated passage beyond what...
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The Christian review and clerical magazine, Volume 2

1828 - 546 pagina’s
...bravery, and virtue. The 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." • From lona, he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " I am persuaded that my dearest Mary will not only allow...
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A memoir of the rev. Legh Richmond

Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1828 - 698 pagina’s
...bravery, and virtue. The 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." l From Iona, he wrote to Mrs. Richmond : " I am persuaded that my dearest Mary will not only...
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Mary Queen of Scots: And Other Poems

John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 146 pagina’s
...may conduct us unmoved over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." — Journey to the Western Islands. Note 6, page 49. Aloof from these the youthful Darnley stood. Henry...
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