The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel JohnsonT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - 460 |
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... soon as he began to appear in the world of Letters . In his London , a poem , are the fol- lowing nervous lines : " For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land ? " Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? " There none are ...
... soon as he began to appear in the world of Letters . In his London , a poem , are the fol- lowing nervous lines : " For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land ? " Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? " There none are ...
Strona 14
... soon charmed her into a forgetful- ness of his external appearance . I did not begin to keep a regular full journal till some days after we had set out from Edin- burgh ; but I have luckily preserved a good many fragments of his ...
... soon charmed her into a forgetful- ness of his external appearance . I did not begin to keep a regular full journal till some days after we had set out from Edin- burgh ; but I have luckily preserved a good many fragments of his ...
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... soon joined us in the drawing room . I presented to him Mr. Robert Arbuthnot , a relation of the celebrated Dr. Arbuthnot , and a man of literature and taste . To him we were obliged for a previous recommen- . dation , which secured us ...
... soon joined us in the drawing room . I presented to him Mr. Robert Arbuthnot , a relation of the celebrated Dr. Arbuthnot , and a man of literature and taste . To him we were obliged for a previous recommen- . dation , which secured us ...
Strona 20
... soon as he could . Sir William Forbes , Mr. Scott , Mr. Arbuthnot , and another gentleman dined with us . " Come , Dr. Johnson , ( said I , ) it is commonly thought that our veal in Scotland is not good . But here is some which I ...
... soon as he could . Sir William Forbes , Mr. Scott , Mr. Arbuthnot , and another gentleman dined with us . " Come , Dr. Johnson , ( said I , ) it is commonly thought that our veal in Scotland is not good . But here is some which I ...
Strona 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.
... 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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Aberdeen afterwards ancient appearance asked Auchinleck believe better boat BOSWELL breakfast called castle church conversation dined dinner Duke Duke of Argyle Dunvegan Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gave gentleman give heard Hebrides Highland honour horse humour Icolmkill Inchkenneth Inverary island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson kind Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird laughed Lawrence Kirk learning lived Lochbuy looked Lord Lord Monboddo lordship M'Aulay M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen main land manner mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night obliged observed OCTOBER opinion pleased Portree pretty Principal Robertson publick Rasay recollect remarkable sail Samuel Johnson Scotland servant shew shewn shore Sir Allan stone suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion Tobermorie told took Ulva vessel walked Whig wind wish write young
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Strona 28 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. ' Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it.
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Strona 9 - He was afflicted with a bodily disease which made him often restless and fretful; and with a constitutional melancholy, the clouds of which darkened the brightness of his fancy, and gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking.
Strona 42 - Then, sir, let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known...
Strona 26 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Strona 200 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Strona 67 - But in the course of general history, we find manners. In wars, we see the dispositions of people, their degrees of humanity, and other particulars.
Strona 232 - In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of people, those who gave the wall, and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome. When...
Strona 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. If you find the same language in distant countries, you may be sure that the inhabitants of each have been the same people ; that is to say, if you find the languages a good deal the same ; for a word here and there being the same, will not do. Thus Butler, in his 'Hudibras...