 | 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 lona 1 !' Upon hearing that Sir Allan M'Lean was arrived, the inhabitants, who still consider themselves... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 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 ! " l "Upon hearing that Sir Allan M'Lean was arrived, the inhabitants, who still consider them selves,as... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1826 - 738 pages
...or virtue. ‘Fhat 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 Ioi*.” Yours, &c. PHILOCHTHES. fli¿/zvaje, near BirW1i¿ RBAN, ¿n'ing°ham, Oct. 6. IN connection... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 pages
...ground which had been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue; whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow. warmer among the ruins of lona." The 9 traveller, traveller, who, with an amiable entbusiasm in literature and science, roams over the... | |
 | 1802 - 572 pages
...ground which had been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue ; whose patriotism would-not gain force on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety 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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1804 - 596 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." The reader will form a competent idea of the fearless nature of Mrs. Murray's character, when he peruses... | |
 | 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 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 - Hebrides - 1807 - 496 pages
...bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain fqrce upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona * !"• t ' ,. , -'.., ;.- ... ,« * Had our Tour produced nothing else but thi* sublime passage, the... | |
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on the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. 
