The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Henry Baldwin, 1785 - 524 strani |
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... whose enchantment oyer him seldom failed , I was much obliged . It was , " I'll give " thee a wind . " " Thou art kind . " - To attract him , we had invitations from the chiefs Mac- donald and Macleod ; and , for additional aid , I ...
... whose enchantment oyer him seldom failed , I was much obliged . It was , " I'll give " thee a wind . " " Thou art kind . " - To attract him , we had invitations from the chiefs Mac- donald and Macleod ; and , for additional aid , I ...
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... whose perfonal existence I ftrongly believe , and even in this age am confirmed in that belief by a Fell , nay , by a Hurd , has more power than fome choose to allow . * It may be observed , that I fometimes call my great friend , Mr ...
... whose perfonal existence I ftrongly believe , and even in this age am confirmed in that belief by a Fell , nay , by a Hurd , has more power than fome choose to allow . * It may be observed , that I fometimes call my great friend , Mr ...
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... whose friendly partiality to the companion of his Tour , reprefents him as one " whofe acute- ness would help my inquiry , and whofe gaiety of converfation , and civility of manners , are fufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of ...
... whose friendly partiality to the companion of his Tour , reprefents him as one " whofe acute- ness would help my inquiry , and whofe gaiety of converfation , and civility of manners , are fufficient to counteract the inconveniencies of ...
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... whose labours a knowledge of the Latin lan- guage will be preserved in Scotland , if it fhall be preserved at all . Lord Gardenston , one of our judges , collected money to raise a monu- ment to him at this place , which I hope will be ...
... whose labours a knowledge of the Latin lan- guage will be preserved in Scotland , if it fhall be preserved at all . Lord Gardenston , one of our judges , collected money to raise a monu- ment to him at this place , which I hope will be ...
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... whose fame and bread were at ftake , put out one of his lordship's eyes . Exafperated at this , Lord Sanquhar hired ruffians , and had the fencing - maf- ter affaffinated ; for which his lordship was capitally tried , condemned , and ...
... whose fame and bread were at ftake , put out one of his lordship's eyes . Exafperated at this , Lord Sanquhar hired ruffians , and had the fencing - maf- ter affaffinated ; for which his lordship was capitally tried , condemned , and ...
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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...