The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volumen8William Durell, 1811 |
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... Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scotland , so long , that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited ; and was in the autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey , by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion , whose ...
... Hebrides , or Western Islands of Scotland , so long , that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited ; and was in the autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey , by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion , whose ...
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... Hebrides , were originally an indigent and subordinate clan , and having no farms nor stock , were in great numbers ser- vants to the Maclellans , who , in the war of Charles the first , took arms at the call of the heroic Montrose ...
... Hebrides , were originally an indigent and subordinate clan , and having no farms nor stock , were in great numbers ser- vants to the Maclellans , who , in the war of Charles the first , took arms at the call of the heroic Montrose ...
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... Hebrides is not wholly the fault of nature . As we sat at sir Alexander's table , we were enter- tained , according to the ancient usage of the north , with the melody of the bagpipe . Every thing in those countries has its history . As ...
... Hebrides is not wholly the fault of nature . As we sat at sir Alexander's table , we were enter- tained , according to the ancient usage of the north , with the melody of the bagpipe . Every thing in those countries has its history . As ...
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... Hebrides consists of little more than rain and wind . As they are surrounded by an ocean never frozen , the blasts that come to them over the water are too much softened to have the power of congelation . The salt loughs , or in- lets ...
... Hebrides consists of little more than rain and wind . As they are surrounded by an ocean never frozen , the blasts that come to them over the water are too much softened to have the power of congelation . The salt loughs , or in- lets ...
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... Hebrides , has improved his de- licacy more than his manhood . Their fowls are not like those plumped for sale by the poulterers of London , but they are as good as other places commonly afford , except that the geese , by feeding in ...
... Hebrides , has improved his de- licacy more than his manhood . Their fowls are not like those plumped for sale by the poulterers of London , but they are as good as other places commonly afford , except that the geese , by feeding in ...
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