The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Henry Baldwin, 1785 - 524 strani |
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... looked at me , as if I had talked of going to the North Pole , and faid , " You do not infift on my ac- companying you ? " " No , Sir . " - " Then I 66 99 am very willing you fhould go . I was not afraid that our curious expedition ...
... looked at me , as if I had talked of going to the North Pole , and faid , " You do not infift on my ac- companying you ? " " No , Sir . " - " Then I 66 99 am very willing you fhould go . I was not afraid that our curious expedition ...
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... looked in the very fame man- ner , and done juft as he did . " For , when I asked him , " " Would not you , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you faw a ghoft ? " - He answered , " I hope not . If I did , I should frighten the ghoft ...
... looked in the very fame man- ner , and done juft as he did . " For , when I asked him , " " Would not you , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you faw a ghoft ? " - He answered , " I hope not . If I did , I should frighten the ghoft ...
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... looked ; and Sedley , who was fo ugly , that Charles II . faid his brother had " her by way of penance . " Mr. Mistress of Edward IV . + Miftrefs of Louis XIV . Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his [ 44 ] In Dr ...
... looked ; and Sedley , who was fo ugly , that Charles II . faid his brother had " her by way of penance . " Mr. Mistress of Edward IV . + Miftrefs of Louis XIV . Mr. Maclaurin's learning and talents enabled him to do his [ 44 ] In Dr ...
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... looked into it.She did not seem quite easy when we left her . But away we went ! Mr. Nairne , advocate , was to go with us as far as St. Andrews . It gives me pleasure that , by mentioning his name , I connect his title to the juft and ...
... looked into it.She did not seem quite easy when we left her . But away we went ! Mr. Nairne , advocate , was to go with us as far as St. Andrews . It gives me pleasure that , by mentioning his name , I connect his title to the juft and ...
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... the posterity of John Knox ; and no great matter ! " Dinner was mentioned .--- Johnson . Aye , aye ' ; amidst all these forrowful fcenes , I have no objection to dinner . " " " We We went and looked at the caftle , where Cardinal [ 60 ]
... the posterity of John Knox ; and no great matter ! " Dinner was mentioned .--- Johnson . Aye , aye ' ; amidst all these forrowful fcenes , I have no objection to dinner . " " " We We went and looked at the caftle , where Cardinal [ 60 ]
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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...