The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel JohnsonT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - 460 páginas |
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... soon to make his appearance . But Principal from his being the head of our college , is his usual de- signation , and is shorter ; so I shall use it hereafter . back elevation ; the front wall being built upon the TO THE HEBRIDES . 29.
... soon to make his appearance . But Principal from his being the head of our college , is his usual de- signation , and is shorter ; so I shall use it hereafter . back elevation ; the front wall being built upon the TO THE HEBRIDES . 29.
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... If he will look into his affairs , he will soon learn . So it is as to pub- 66 * 66 Unhappy queen ! " Unwilling I forsook your friendly state . " Dryden . lick affairs . There must always be a certain num- 44 JOURNAL OF A TOUR.
... If he will look into his affairs , he will soon learn . So it is as to pub- 66 * 66 Unhappy queen ! " Unwilling I forsook your friendly state . " Dryden . lick affairs . There must always be a certain num- 44 JOURNAL OF A TOUR.
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... soon you can make a sermon . ' Then I'd say , ' Let me see how much better you can make it . ' Thus I should see both his powers and his judgement . " We all went to Dr. Watson's to supper . Miss TO THE HEBRIDES . 55.
... soon you can make a sermon . ' Then I'd say , ' Let me see how much better you can make it . ' Thus I should see both his powers and his judgement . " We all went to Dr. Watson's to supper . Miss TO THE HEBRIDES . 55.
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... soon I eat it again . " - My cousin , Miss Dallas , formerly of Inverness , was married to Mr. Rid- doch , one of the ministers of the English chapel here . He was ill , and confined to his room ; but she sent us a kind invitation to ...
... soon I eat it again . " - My cousin , Miss Dallas , formerly of Inverness , was married to Mr. Rid- doch , one of the ministers of the English chapel here . He was ill , and confined to his room ; but she sent us a kind invitation to ...
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... soon found that was not the case ; for Warburton , by extending his abuse , rendered it ineffectual . " 66 He told me , when we were by ourselves , that he thought it very wrong in the printer , to shew War- burton's letter , as it was ...
... soon found that was not the case ; for Warburton , by extending his abuse , rendered it ineffectual . " 66 He told me , when we were by ourselves , that he thought it very wrong in the printer , to shew War- burton's letter , as it was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeen afterwards ancient appearance asked believe better boat BOSWELL breakfast called castle church conversation Corrichatachin dinner Duke Dunvegan Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Fort Augustus Garrick gave gentleman give heard Hebrides Highland honour horses humour Icolmkill Inchkenneth Inverary Inverness island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson King Kingsburgh knew lady Laird laughed Lawrence Kirk learning lived looked Lord Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Donald M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod main land Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night observed pleased Portree pretty Prince Charles Principal Robertson publick Rasay recollect remarkable sail Samuel Johnson Sconser Scotland seemed servant shew shore Sir Allan spirit stones suppose Talisker talked tell tenants thing thought tion Tobermorie told took vessel walked wind wish write young
Pasajes populares
Página 117 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty,* frieze, Buttress, nor coign* of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt...
Página 14 - A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie ; he is not to produce what he knows to be a false deed ; but he is not to usurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what shall be the effect of evidence, what shall be the result of legal argument.
Página 130 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air 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 353 - ... 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 225 - There is no tracing the connection of ancient nations, but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.
Página 215 - I have often thought, that, if I kept a seraglio, the ladies should all wear linen gowns, or 'cotton; I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances. I would have no silk; you cannot tell when it is clean: it will be very nasty before it is perceived to be so. Linen detects its own dirtiness.
Página 15 - ... community who, by study and experience, have acquired the art and power of arranging evidence, and of applying to the points at issue what the law has settled. A lawyer is to do for his client all that his client might fairly do for himself, if he could. If, by a superiority of attention, of knowledge, of skill, and a better method of communication, he has the advantage of his adversary, it is an advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage on one side or the other;...
Página 387 - In the course of our conversation this day, it came out that Lady Eglintoune was married the year before Dr. Johnson was born, upon which she graciously said to him that she might have been his mother, and that she now adopted him ; and, when we were going away, she embraced him, saying, "My dear son, farewell!" My friend was much pleased with this day's entertainment, and owned that I had done well to force him out.* TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. We were now in a country not only " of saddles and bridles,"...
Página 103 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Página 342 - 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...