 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 páginas
...friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground whjch has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would riot grow warmer among the ruins of I-ona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 606 páginas
...CVII, E OF or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of human beings. That man 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.' Yet Marathon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 páginas
...present, adTances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far fronv me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...whose piety would not grow wanner among the ruins of lona /"* Upon hearing that Sir Allan M'Lean was arrived, the inhabitants, who still consider themselves... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 páginas
...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona. We came too late to visit monuments; some care was necessary for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 páginas
...advances us in * ' cc 4 the the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plajn of Marathon* or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins oflona. We came too late to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 páginas
...the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as would conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground...has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue." Journey to the Western Islands. Few places, t may be added, afford such ample scope to the indulgence... | |
 | James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1811 - 848 páginas
...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and "from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Y y 2 Some Some of the fossils of Icolmkill deserve notice.— I.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 páginas
...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. We came too late to visit monuments : some care •was necessary for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 páginas
...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved...the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Jona. We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves.... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 páginas
...present, advances us to the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved,...force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would rot grow warmer among the ruins of lona." Tour to the Hebrides, p. 346. His mind will be filled with... | |
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the 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... 
