 | 1905 - 730 strani
...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 gain force on the plain of Marathon, and whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." The lona,... | |
 | 1907 - 392 strani
...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...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. SAMUEL JOHNSON... | |
 | John Caird - 1906 - 282 strani
...if it were possible. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as would conduct us unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by...envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." And surely if local... | |
 | Algernon Graves - 1906 - 416 strani
...home. 873 Loch Nicraig, Perthshire — autumnal showers, passing over. 1859. 990 The ruins of lona. "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 ! " — Dr. Johnson.... | |
 | Perthshire Society of Natural Science - 1908 - 624 strani
...Plate xxi. Fig. I. JWe felt, however, we could fully endorse the famous sentence of Dr. Johnson, " 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." Perhaps the late... | |
 | James Gibson - 1909 - 68 strani
...Well may every visitor to that beautiful and historic land apply to o B it the words of Dr Johnson, " 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 ! " II.' THEIR ORIGIN.... | |
 | 1909 - 674 strani
...enthusiasm should glow and brighten as we meet amid these surroundings, for in the words of Dr. Johnson, " That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety does not grow warmer amid the ruins of lona." From every... | |
 | John George Snead-Cox - 1910 - 538 strani
...thinking beings. Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent or unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified...envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." The particular place... | |
 | John George Snead-Cox - 1910 - 516 strani
...thinking beings. Far from me and my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent or unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified...envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." The particular place... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1910 - 938 strani
...Puritan iconoclasts. Dr. Johnson visited lona in 1773 and was deeply impressed by ils associations: 'That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force npoi the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona'. The marble... | |
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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. 
