| William Turner - 1820 - 526 páginas
...the 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 - 1820 - 546 páginas
...the 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 412 páginas
...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." Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world must have acknowledged that... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 418 páginas
...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...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of lona." Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 546 páginas
...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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 554 páginas
...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...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer on the ruins of Jona." Dr. Johnson, under the influence of his strong prejudice against every thing... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 458 páginas
...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." Had our Tour produced nothing else but this sublime passage, the world must have acknowledged that... | |
| Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1822 - 434 páginas
...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...not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose enthusiasm would not grow warmer among the ruins of Rome"* For the frequency of the observations contained... | |
| David Stewart - 1822 - 552 páginas
...philosophy, as would 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 whose piety would not grow warm among the ruins of lona." Such a seat... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1822 - 312 páginas
...us. " That man," says Dr. Johnson, " 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." 226. On account of their unlimited range, the accidental or merely arbitrary combinations, are extensively... | |
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