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... Poems - Page 66by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whoso patriotism would not gain force upon the plain* of...whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Tona." — Dr. Johnson. Tour in the Itlandt of Scotland. 1632.] 316 [NOVEMBER 10, THE OLD CHURCH OF... | |
| John Britton - Tunbridge Wells (England) - 1832 - 198 pages
...bravery, or virtue. 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."* * " Tour in the Western Islands of Scotland." Marathon. is a village of Attica, about forty miles from... | |
| John Abercrombie - Human information processing - 1832 - 392 pages
...bravery, or virtue. 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." III. ARBITRARY or FICTITIOUS ASSOCIATION. — This association is generally produced by a voluntary... | |
| Royal Australian Historical Society - Australia - 1925 - 452 pages
...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 warmer among the ruins of lona. Amongst the spots in Australia which have been "dignified by bravery," and over which one would have... | |
| Alice O. Howell - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 220 pages
...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...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." We walked pensively southward and then turned west along the road to the Hill of the Angels from which... | |
| Kristina Straub - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 260 pages
...local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...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... | |
| Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
...my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue....piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona? (p. 148) With its references to the past and the classics, this writing exemplifies a form of that... | |
| Ronald Ferguson, Ron Ferguson - History - 1998 - 196 pages
...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...piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. Another visitor was Sir Walter Scott, who described the inhabitants as being in the last state of poverty... | |
| Leith Davis - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 240 pages
...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 presents Johnson and himself as conjoined in patriotism and piety. Not only... | |
| Harriet Guest - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 362 pages
...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." The extreme admiration Banks and Boswell felt for this passage was, I imagine, a response to the rapidity,... | |
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