Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of Scotland |
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We did not regret the time spent at the fort though in consequence of our delay
we came somewhat late to Inrerness , the town which may properly be called the
capital of the Highlands . Hither the inhabitants of the inland parts come to be ...
We did not regret the time spent at the fort though in consequence of our delay
we came somewhat late to Inrerness , the town which may properly be called the
capital of the Highlands . Hither the inhabitants of the inland parts come to be ...
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Yet he owned the reasonableness of raising the Highland rents in a certain
degree , and declared himself willing to pay ten ... We were now in the bosom of
the Highlands , with full leisure to contemplate the appearance and properties of
...
Yet he owned the reasonableness of raising the Highland rents in a certain
degree , and declared himself willing to pay ten ... We were now in the bosom of
the Highlands , with full leisure to contemplate the appearance and properties of
...
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My inquiries about brogues , gave me an early specimen of Highland information
. One day I was told , that to make brogues ... topicks ended in the like uncertainty
. He that travels in the Highlands may easily saturate his soul with intelligence ...
My inquiries about brogues , gave me an early specimen of Highland information
. One day I was told , that to make brogues ... topicks ended in the like uncertainty
. He that travels in the Highlands may easily saturate his soul with intelligence ...
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There was perhaps never any change of national manner ' s so quick , so great ,
and so general , as that which has operated in the Highlands , by the last
conquest , and the subsequent laws . We came thither too late to see what we
expected ...
There was perhaps never any change of national manner ' s so quick , so great ,
and so general , as that which has operated in the Highlands , by the last
conquest , and the subsequent laws . We came thither too late to see what we
expected ...
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Where the chiefs of the Highlands have found the histories of their descent is
difficult to tell ; for no Erse genealogy was ever written . In general this only is
evident , that the principal house of a clan must be very ancient , and that those
must ...
Where the chiefs of the Highlands have found the histories of their descent is
difficult to tell ; for no Erse genealogy was ever written . In general this only is
evident , that the principal house of a clan must be very ancient , and that those
must ...
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273 ページ - We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated.
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251 ページ - We were in this place at ease and by choice, and had no evils to suffer or to fear; yet the imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks and gardens...
352 ページ - ... always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by others : and seem never to have thought upon interrogating themselves ; so that if they do not know what they tell to be true, they likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false. Mr. Boswell was very diligent in his inquiries ; and the result of his investigations was, that the answer to the second question was commonly such as nullified the answer to the first.
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| 書籍名 | Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of Scotland The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D 第 第 8 巻 巻, Alexander Chalmers |
| 著者 | Samuel Johnson |
| 出版社 | Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
| 書籍の提供元 | オックスフォード大学 |
| デジタル化された日 | 2007年10月3日 |
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