 | English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...bravery, or virtue. That man k 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 looa." Yours, &c. PHILOCHTHES. IN connection with the subject of the Earl of Shrewsbury's Irish titles... | |
 | Books - 1802 - 572 pages
...opinion that " the man was not to be envied, who could traverse with indifference ground which had been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue ; whose patriotism...not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose pietf would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Ths 9 ' tmcller, traveller, who, with an amiable... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...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 lona1 !' Upon hearing that Sir Allan M'Lean was arrived, the inhabitants, who still consider themselves... | |
 | Donald Campbell - Adventure and adventurers - 1801 - 374 pages
...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." The city of Diarbeker itself is situated in a delightful plain on the banks of the river Tigris, and nearly... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pages
...opinion that " the man was not to be envied, who could traverse with indifference ground which had been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue ; whose patriotism...would not grow- warmer among the ruins of lona." The 9 traveller, traveller, who, with an amiable enthusiasm in literature and science, roams over the traces... | |
 | Cambridge (England) - 1804 - 476 pages
...tumultuous reform. Rambler *, " 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." And he who in tracing the academic haunts of the wise and the learned of elder times, does not feel... | |
 | Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1805 - 340 pages
...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 " Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with admiration at the si<»hl of the monuments... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 340 pages
...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 " Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with admiration at the sight of the monuments... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marrathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves. Whatever was in the island,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...or virtue. The man is little 1 to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon tl,e plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." cellence in style, when it is used with propriety, for it 1777gives you two ideas for one ;— conveys... | |
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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. 
