 | William Shaw Mason - Tullaroan (Ireland : Parish) - 1819 - 372 pages
...being«. Far from me and my friends be such 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 be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - Ireland - 1819 - 820 pages
...beings. Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery or virtue. That man U little to be envied, whose patriotism •would not gain force on the plains of Marathon,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...different pitch of the voice from the other. 6. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would hot force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of Iona'. 7- The pleasures of the imagination, the pleasure arising from science,... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - Ireland - 1819 - 828 pages
...indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which lias been dignified by wisdom, bravery or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona."# V. Present... | |
 | 1819 - 304 pages
...from me, and from my friends, be such 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 " be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of " Marathon,... | |
 | 1819 - 552 pages
...mind in its better hours; and then vanish away for ever, before the breath of the world. If " that man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plain of Marathon, and whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona," surely he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom,...the plain 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... | |
 | William Turner - Middle East - 1820 - 546 pages
...pacifick labours of the husbandman. I felt here all the justice of Johnson's observation, — " That man is little to be " envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon " the plain of Marathon." We had nominally five hours ride to Mendeli, of which three lay by the side of the sea. The only coins... | |
 | William Turner - Middle East - 1820 - 526 pages
...pacifick labours of the husbandman. I felt here all the justice of Johnson's observation, — " That man is little to be " envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon " the plain of Marathon." We had nominally five hours ride to Mendeli, of which three lay by the side of the sea. The only coins... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - Rome (Italy) - 1820 - 410 pages
...thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as 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 not gain force upon the plain of Marathen,... | |
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Far from me and from my friends be such 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 be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the... 
