A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 第 1~2 巻W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1775 - 268 ページ |
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... once confolidated is rarely broken ; for the inland commerce is not great , nor are heavy commodi- ties often tranfported otherwife than by water . ' The carriages in common use are small carts , drawn each by one little horfe ; and a ...
... once confolidated is rarely broken ; for the inland commerce is not great , nor are heavy commodi- ties often tranfported otherwife than by water . ' The carriages in common use are small carts , drawn each by one little horfe ; and a ...
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... once flourished , and furveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be vifible , unless fome care be taken to preserve them ; and where is the pleasure of preserving such mournful memorials ? They have ...
... once flourished , and furveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be vifible , unless fome care be taken to preserve them ; and where is the pleasure of preserving such mournful memorials ? They have ...
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... once undoubt edly an equal portion of woods with other coun-- tries . Forests are every where gradually dimi-- nished , as architecture and cultivation prevail by the increase of people and the introduction of arts . But I believe few ...
... once undoubt edly an equal portion of woods with other coun-- tries . Forests are every where gradually dimi-- nished , as architecture and cultivation prevail by the increase of people and the introduction of arts . But I believe few ...
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... I defired to fee , and enter- tained at once with the novelty of the place , and the kindness of communication . To To write of the cities of our own island with WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 19 the company of each other as well riding in the ...
... I defired to fee , and enter- tained at once with the novelty of the place , and the kindness of communication . To To write of the cities of our own island with WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 19 the company of each other as well riding in the ...
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... once stood at a place not far diftant . The road beyond Aberdeen grew more ftony , and continued equally naked of all vegetable de- coration . We travelled over a tract of ground near the sea , which , not long ago , suffered a very ...
... once stood at a place not far diftant . The road beyond Aberdeen grew more ftony , and continued equally naked of all vegetable de- coration . We travelled over a tract of ground near the sea , which , not long ago , suffered a very ...
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61 ページ - The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. 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.
134 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...
242 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...
104 ページ - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence.
176 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.
191 ページ - It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. He has...
61 ページ - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
192 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.
179 ページ - ... one generation of ignorance effaces the whole series of unwritten history. Books are faithful repositories, which may be a while neglected or forgotten; but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction: memory, once interrupted, is not to be recalled. Written learning is a fixed luminary, which, after the cloud that had hidden it has passed away, is again bright in its proper station. Tradition is but a meteor, which, if once it falls, cannot be rekindled.
173 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.