 Raasay has little that can detain a traveller, except the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images. Without is the...  Works - Stran 260avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1811Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 strani
...detain a traveller, except the Laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills...is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song ana the dance. In Raasay, if I could have 1 found an Ulysses, I had fancied a Pbceacia. DUNVEGAN. At... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 strani
...except the Laird and his family" ( JWI 53-54). The distinction between inside and outside is extreme: "Without is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the...elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance" (JWI 54). At this point, the observer's attitude toward the inner Highland world grows more nuanced.... | |
 | 1859 - 626 strani
...man, "are the rough ocean, and the rocky land, the beating billow, and the howling storm; within are plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance. In Raasay, if I could have found a Ulysses, I had fancied a Phaeacia." The whole rental of Raasay, at that time, so he wrote to Mrs.... | |
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