 | James Cooper - Sermons, English - 1924 - 160 pages
...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...ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or valour. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plain of Marathon,... | |
 | Alida Alberdina Sibbellina Wieten - Romanticism - 1926 - 170 pages
...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 us indifferent and unmoved over 77 any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied,... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1821 - 422 pages
...mind in its 52 ' betters hours, and then vanish away for ever, before the breath of the world. If " that man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force on the plain of Marathon, and whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona," surely he... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - Australia - 1925 - 452 pages
...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct...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... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
...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 us indifferent and unmoved over any ground that has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1998 - 1540 pages
...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 us, indifferent and umnoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little... | |
 | Harriet Guest - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 362 pages
...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...has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or... | |
 | Maria Nugent - History - 2005 - 273 pages
...the Hebrides or Western Isles, in which Johnson claims that he and his friends do not subscribe to 'such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent...ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue'.40 Taking this as his cue, Bertie writes: 'Amongst the spots in Australia which have been "dignified... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...outweighs ten thousand suns. Of such patriotism we might hear Dr. Johnson very differently saying: "That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of Marathon," adding, "or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona."... | |
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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... 
