 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue ! That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1833 - 370 pages
...Bannockburn, or Waterloo, " Far from me," says Dr. Johnson, " and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dig-, nified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 330 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 320 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | John Abercrombie - 1834 - 388 pages
...Bannockburn, or Waterloo. " Far from me," says Dr. Johnson, " and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct 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... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | Mark Aloysius Tierney - 1834 - 382 pages
...us in the dig" nity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my " friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 436 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 374 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
 | 1835 - 272 pages
...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 which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force... | |
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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... 
