 | Law - 1831 - 446 pages
...from his tyrants. I shall conclude my present observations with the words of our great moralist; " 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 lonn." Feb. 9. TEMPLAHIUS.... | |
 | William Jones - 1831 - 570 pages
...us Indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, 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 wanner among the ruins of lona."—Johnson's Journey... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - Australia - 1925 - 452 pages
...us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, 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... | |
 | 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 would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." We walked pensively... | |
 | Kristina Straub - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 260 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! [JWI 123-24] The reverence for the religious heritage of lona Johnson shares with Martin. But... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Fiction - 1993 - 390 pages
...Druidical origin. It is in reference to all these remains of ancient religion that Johnson exclaims, 'That man is little to be envied whose patriotism...of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer amid the ruins of lona.' In the 'Lord of the Isles' Scott beautifully contrasts the church on lona... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
...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 would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona? (p. 148) With its... | |
 | Leith Davis - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 240 pages
...both moved by the presence of history. Boswell repeats Johnson s expostulation in his 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... | |
 | 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 not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. Another visitor was... | |
 | 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 not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." The extreme admiration... | |
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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. 
