The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.Inskeep and Bradford, 1810 - 414 páginas |
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... Laird of M'Cleod . 156 September 12. Sail to Portree . Dr. Johnson's discourse on death . Letters from Lord Elibank to Dr. Johnson and the authour . Dr. Johnson's answer . Ride to Kingsburgh . Flora Mac- donald . - · 159 166 192 ...
... Laird of M'Cleod . 156 September 12. Sail to Portree . Dr. Johnson's discourse on death . Letters from Lord Elibank to Dr. Johnson and the authour . Dr. Johnson's answer . Ride to Kingsburgh . Flora Mac- donald . - · 159 166 192 ...
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... laird . - 326 October 22 . jected . Lochbuy's war - saddle . Sail to Oban . Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. Johnson , and re- · 330 October 23. Goldsmith's Traveller . Pope and Cowley compared . Archibald Duke of Argyle . Arrive at ...
... laird . - 326 October 22 . jected . Lochbuy's war - saddle . Sail to Oban . Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. Johnson , and re- · 330 October 23. Goldsmith's Traveller . Pope and Cowley compared . Archibald Duke of Argyle . Arrive at ...
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... Laird of Rasay to the authour . The authour's answer . Dr. Johnson's Advertisement , acknowledging a mistake in his Journey to the Western Islands . His letter to the Laird of Ra- say . Letter from Sir William Forbes to the authour ...
... Laird of Rasay to the authour . The authour's answer . Dr. Johnson's Advertisement , acknowledging a mistake in his Journey to the Western Islands . His letter to the Laird of Ra- say . Letter from Sir William Forbes to the authour ...
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... Laird of Col. He gave me a letter to young Col. I was weary of this day , and began to think wishfully of being again in motion . I was uneasy to think myself too fastidious , whilst I fancied Dr. Johnson quite satisfied . But he owned ...
... Laird of Col. He gave me a letter to young Col. I was weary of this day , and began to think wishfully of being again in motion . I was uneasy to think myself too fastidious , whilst I fancied Dr. Johnson quite satisfied . But he owned ...
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... Laird of Auchinleck ! We got to Fores at night , and found an admira- ble inn , in which Dr. Johnson was pleased to meet with a landlord who styled himself " Wine - Cooper , from LONDON . " Friday , 27th August . It was dark when we ...
... Laird of Auchinleck ! We got to Fores at night , and found an admira- ble inn , in which Dr. Johnson was pleased to meet with a landlord who styled himself " Wine - Cooper , from LONDON . " Friday , 27th August . It was dark when we ...
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Página 322 - 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 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 warmer among the...
Página 332 - ... daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, B,y forms...
Página 186 - Had Jesus Christ delivered no other declaration than the following : ' The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Página 24 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 194 - I have all my life long been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Página 348 - Sir, are you so grossly ignorant of human nature as not to know that a man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice...
Página 83 - Sir Joshua Reynolds, sir, is the most invulnerable man I know ; the man with whom if you should quarrel, you would find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Página 186 - ... constitutional Blackstone wisely rests on the solid footing of authority. " Our ancestors having most indisputably a competent jurisdiction to decide this great and important question, and having, in fact, decided it, it is now become our duty, at this distance of time, to acquiesce in their determination.
Página 121 - The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Página 34 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.