The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Henry Baldwin, 1785 - 524 páginas |
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... seen a ghost , " I should have looked in the very fame man- ner , and done juft as he did . " For , when I asked him , " " Would not you , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you faw a ghoft ? " - He answered , " I hope not . If I did ...
... seen a ghost , " I should have looked in the very fame man- ner , and done juft as he did . " For , when I asked him , " " Would not you , Sir , start as Mr. Garrick does , if you faw a ghoft ? " - He answered , " I hope not . If I did ...
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... seen , I believe the view of that Frith and its envi- rons , from the Castle - hill of Edinburgh , is the finest profpect in Europe . " Aye ( faid Mr. Johnson ) that is the state of the world . Water is the fame every where . " Una eft ...
... seen , I believe the view of that Frith and its envi- rons , from the Castle - hill of Edinburgh , is the finest profpect in Europe . " Aye ( faid Mr. Johnson ) that is the state of the world . Water is the fame every where . " Una eft ...
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... seen . His Journey has been violently abused , for what he has faid upon this fubject . But let it be confidered , that , when Dr. Johnson talks of trees , he means trees of good fize , fuch as he was accustomed to fee in England ; and ...
... seen . His Journey has been violently abused , for what he has faid upon this fubject . But let it be confidered , that , when Dr. Johnson talks of trees , he means trees of good fize , fuch as he was accustomed to fee in England ; and ...
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... seen by this time . I ftepped into the chapel , and looked at the tomb of the founder , Archbishop Elphinfton , of whom I fhall have occafion to write in my Hiftory of James IV . of Scotland , the patron of my family . We dined at Sir ...
... seen by this time . I ftepped into the chapel , and looked at the tomb of the founder , Archbishop Elphinfton , of whom I fhall have occafion to write in my Hiftory of James IV . of Scotland , the patron of my family . We dined at Sir ...
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... seen fifteen years ago ; fo we went four miles out of our road , after paffing Old Deer , and went thither . Mr. Frafer , the proprietor , was at home , and fhewed it to us . But I had augmented it in my mind ; for all that remains is ...
... seen fifteen years ago ; fo we went four miles out of our road , after paffing Old Deer , and went thither . Mr. Frafer , the proprietor , was at home , and fhewed it to us . But I had augmented it in my mind ; for all that remains is ...
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Página 414 - 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...
Página 7 - ... the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order ; correct, nay stern in his taste ; hard to please, and easily offended, impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane and benevolent heart...
Página 238 - Our ancestors having most indisputably a competent jurisdiction to decide this great and important question, and having, in fact, decided it, it is now become our duty, at this distance of...
Página 18 - There must always be some advantage, on one side or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents, than by chance. If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.
Página 8 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy.
Página 156 - 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.
Página 211 - Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose. He had jet black hair tied behind, and was a large stately man, with a steady sensible countenance.
Página 7 - In him were united a most logical head with a most fertile imagination, which gave him an extraordinary advantage in arguing: for he could reason close or wide, as he saw best for the moment. Exulting in his intellectual...
Página 271 - 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.
Página 103 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather [said he] have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be -more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay...