A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandW. Strahan, 1775 - 384 ページ |
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... probably been neglected from the time that the whole island had the fame king . We left this little ifland with our thoughts employed awhile B 2 We WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 3 layer of earth, not wholly bare of grass, ...
... probably been neglected from the time that the whole island had the fame king . We left this little ifland with our thoughts employed awhile B 2 We WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 3 layer of earth, not wholly bare of grass, ...
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Samuel Johnson. Of this improvidence no other account can be given than that it probably began in times of tumult , and continued because it had begun . Established cuftom is not eafily broken , till fome great event shakes the whole ...
Samuel Johnson. Of this improvidence no other account can be given than that it probably began in times of tumult , and continued because it had begun . Established cuftom is not eafily broken , till fome great event shakes the whole ...
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... probably form an exact ground- plot of this venerable edifice . They may from fome parts yet ftanding conjecture its general form , and perhaps by comparing it with other buildings of the fame kind and the fame age , attain an idea very ...
... probably form an exact ground- plot of this venerable edifice . They may from fome parts yet ftanding conjecture its general form , and perhaps by comparing it with other buildings of the fame kind and the fame age , attain an idea very ...
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... probably equal , not only to the needs , but to the rank of Boethius . The wealth of England was undoubtedly to that of Scotland more than five to one , and it is known that Henry the Eighth , among whose faults avarice was never ...
... probably equal , not only to the needs , but to the rank of Boethius . The wealth of England was undoubtedly to that of Scotland more than five to one , and it is known that Henry the Eighth , among whose faults avarice was never ...
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... probably had no- thing . The numbers that go barefoot are ftill fufficient to fhew that fhoes may be fpared : They are not yet confidered as ne- ceffaries of life ; for tall boys , not other- wife E 4 wife meanly dreffed , run without ...
... probably had no- thing . The numbers that go barefoot are ftill fufficient to fhew that fhoes may be fpared : They are not yet confidered as ne- ceffaries of life ; for tall boys , not other- wife E 4 wife meanly dreffed , run without ...
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againſt almoſt anceſtors ancient Armidel becauſe Boethius Bofwell caftle cattle chief clan coaft confequence confidered converfation curiofity defire diſtance Dunvegan Earfe eaſily elegance English fafe faid fame fecurity feems feen feldom fhelter fhew fide firft firſt fmall fome fomething fometimes foon ftanding ftate ftill ftock ftones ftranger fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fure furvey ground Hebrides Highlands himſelf horfes houfe houſe Inch Kenneth increaſe inhabitants Inverness Iſlands kelp labour lady laft Laird land laſt leaſt lefs leſs live Macdonald Maclean Macleod meaſure miles Minifter moſt mountains muft Mull muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved ourſelves paffage paffed perhaps pleaſing pleaſure preſent queftion Raafay raiſed reafon refided reft rock Scotland Second Sight ſeems ſeen ſhould Sir Allan ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuppoſed tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told travelled Ulva univerfally uſe vifit whofe whoſe
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346 ページ - 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...
193 ページ - Length of life is distributed impartially, to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...
87 ページ - 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.
106 ページ - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.
276 ページ - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry : and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
383 ページ - Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot but be conscious that. my thoughts on national manners, are the thoughts of one who has seen but little.
36 ページ - Castle, built upon the margin of the sea, so that the walls of one of the towers seem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves.
252 ページ - Strong reasons for incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of seeing things out of sight is local, and commonly useless. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason or perceptible benefit. It is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened; and among them, for the most part, to the mean and ignorant.
248 ページ - Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.
254 ページ - Boyle has been able to resist ; that sudden impressions, which the event has verified, have been felt by more than own or publish them ; that the Second Sight of the Hebrides...