 | John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 146 oldal
...and from my friends, be such rigid philosophy, as may conduct us unmoved over any ground, which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." — Journey to the... | |
 | 1829 - 550 oldal
...friends, such frigid philosophy as will conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue: that...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 lona." The town... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - 1925 - 452 oldal
...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...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 lona. Amongst the... | |
 | Alice O. Howell - 1988 - 220 oldal
...set foot on their island. But the spirit of Columba never left the place, and Johnson was to remark: "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." We walked pensively... | |
 | Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 oldal
...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...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona" (journey 148). Boswell... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 oldal
...bravery, or virtue. 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! [JWI 123-24] The reverence for the religious heritage of lona Johnson shares with Martin. But both... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 oldal
...Druidical origin. It is in reference to all these remains of ancient religion that Johnson exclaims, 'That man is little to be envied whose patriotism...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer amid the ruins of lona.' In the 'Lord of the Isles' Scott beautifully contrasts the church on lona... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 oldal
...friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona? (p. 148) With its... | |
 | Ronald Ferguson, Ron Ferguson - 1998 - 196 oldal
...build their own byres and dykes. Even in its state of dissolution, lona moved Dr Johnson, who observed: 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. Another visitor was... | |
 | Leith Davis - 1998 - 240 oldal
...both moved by the presence of history. Boswell repeats Johnson s expostulation in his own account: "That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plan of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona\" (5: 334). Boswell... | |
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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. 
