The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Henry Baldwin, 1785 - 524 strani |
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Stran 10
... against Scotland was announc- ed almost as foon as he began to appear in the world of letters . In his London , a poem , are the following nervous lines : For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land ? Or change the rocks of ...
... against Scotland was announc- ed almost as foon as he began to appear in the world of letters . In his London , a poem , are the following nervous lines : For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land ? Or change the rocks of ...
Stran 11
... against the Scots , it was be- cause they were more in his way ; because he thought their fuccefs in England rather exceed- ed the due proportion of their real merit ; ` and because he could not but fee in them that na- tionality which ...
... against the Scots , it was be- cause they were more in his way ; because he thought their fuccefs in England rather exceed- ed the due proportion of their real merit ; ` and because he could not but fee in them that na- tionality which ...
Stran 13
... against throwing foul water from the windows ; but , from the ftruc- ture of the houses in the old town , which con- fift of many ftories , in each of which a different family lives , and there being no covered fewers , the odour ftill ...
... against throwing foul water from the windows ; but , from the ftruc- ture of the houses in the old town , which con- fift of many ftories , in each of which a different family lives , and there being no covered fewers , the odour ftill ...
Stran 14
... against Mr. Jonas Hanway should have obtained him a magnificent reward from the Eaft - India Company . He fhewed much complacency , upon finding that the miftrefs of the house was so attentive to his fin- gular habit ; and as no man ...
... against Mr. Jonas Hanway should have obtained him a magnificent reward from the Eaft - India Company . He fhewed much complacency , upon finding that the miftrefs of the house was so attentive to his fin- gular habit ; and as no man ...
Stran 24
... against it . " " " Dr. Robertson , according to the custom of Edinburgh at that time , dined in the interval between the forenoon and afternoon service , which was then later than now ; fo we had not the pleasure of his company till ...
... against it . " " " Dr. Robertson , according to the custom of Edinburgh at that time , dined in the interval between the forenoon and afternoon service , which was then later than now ; fo we had not the pleasure of his company till ...
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againſt alſo anſwered aſked becauſe beſt better Bofwell breakfaſt caftle called cauſe cloſe converfation defire dinner Edinburgh Engliſh fame feemed feen fent fervant fhall fhewed fide fince firft firſt Flora Macdonald fome fomething foon forry fpirits ftill ftones ftrong fubject fuch fuppofe fure gentleman Hebrides Hiftory Highland himſelf honour houfe houſe Inchkenneth iſland JAMES BOSWELL Johnſon faid juft Kingſburgh Lady laft Laird land laſt Lord Lord Monboddo M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Malcolm mind moft moſt muft Mull muſt myſelf never night obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed perfons pleafed pleaſed pleaſure Portree praiſe prefent preferved Prince Charles Profeffor publiſhed Rafay reaſon refolved refpect ſaid ſay Scotland ſee ſeemed ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir Allan ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch talked themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought tion told uſed vifit whofe whoſe wiſhed worſe
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Stran 414 - 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...
Stran 7 - ... the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order ; correct, nay stern in his taste ; hard to please, and easily offended, impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane and benevolent heart...
Stran 238 - 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...
Stran 18 - There must always be some advantage, on one side or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents, than by chance. If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.
Stran 8 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Stran 156 - 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.
Stran 211 - Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose. He had jet black hair tied behind, and was a large stately man, with a steady sensible countenance.
Stran 7 - In him were united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing: for he could reason close or wide, as he saw best for the moment. Exulting in his intellectual...
Stran 271 - 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.
Stran 103 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be -more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay...