The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.T. Cadwell and W. Davies, 1807 - 460 páginas |
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... writing . Edinburgh surveyed . Character of Swift's works . Evil spirits and witchcraft . Lord Monboddo and the Ouran - Outang .. August 17. Poetry and Dictionary - writing . 13 26 Scepticism . Eternal necessity refuted . Lord Hailes's ...
... writing . Edinburgh surveyed . Character of Swift's works . Evil spirits and witchcraft . Lord Monboddo and the Ouran - Outang .. August 17. Poetry and Dictionary - writing . 13 26 Scepticism . Eternal necessity refuted . Lord Hailes's ...
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... writing 238 virtues the proper subject of life was written by a friend . letters . Whether allowable in tain resentment to the last . the lives of literary men . Fingal denied to be genuine , and pleasantly ridiculed .. September 23 ...
... writing 238 virtues the proper subject of life was written by a friend . letters . Whether allowable in tain resentment to the last . the lives of literary men . Fingal denied to be genuine , and pleasantly ridiculed .. September 23 ...
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... written with the address and persuasion of the historian of America . " WHEN I saw you last , you gave us some hopes that you might prevail with Mr. Johnson " to make out that excursion to Scotland , with the " expectation of which we ...
... written with the address and persuasion of the historian of America . " WHEN I saw you last , you gave us some hopes that you might prevail with Mr. Johnson " to make out that excursion to Scotland , with the " expectation of which we ...
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... writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He was somewhat susceptible of flattery . His mind was so full of imagery , that he might have been ...
... writing it . He was conscious of his superiority . He loved praise when it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it . He was somewhat susceptible of flattery . His mind was so full of imagery , that he might have been ...
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... written like a man conscious of the truth , and feel- ing his own strength . Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled . The greatest part of men can- not judge of reasoning , and are ...
... written like a man conscious of the truth , and feel- ing his own strength . Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled . The greatest part of men can- not judge of reasoning , and are ...
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Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773 James Boswell Vista de fragmentos - 1961 |
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards ancient appeared asked Auchinleck believe better boat Boswell breakfast called castle church conversation Court of Session DEAR SIR dined dinner Duke Duke of Argyle Dunvegan Edinburgh England English entertained Erse father Flora Macdonald Garrick gave gentleman give heard Hebrides Highland honour horse humour Icolmkill Inchkenneth Inverary island isle JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson Journal journey Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird learned lived Lochbuy London looked Lord Monboddo M'Aulay M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen Macdonald Macleod main land Malcolm mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night obliged observed opinion passed pleased Portree pretty Principal Robertson publick Rasay recollect sail Samuel Johnson Scotland second sight servant shew shewn shore Sir Allan spirit suppose sure Talisker talked tell thing thought tion Tobermorie told took Tour walked Whig wish write young
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Página 103 - Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Página 357 - Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms...
Página 18 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 26 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 200 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation ;" — he had pronounced a message of inestimable importance, and well worthy of that splendid apparatus of prophecy and miracles with which his mission was introduced, and attested ; a message in which the wisest of mankind would rejoice to find an answer to their doubts, and...
Página 87 - 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 the...
Página 105 - Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at her work the village maiden sings ; Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around Revolves the sad vicissitude of things.
Página 403 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects , and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England' !' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Página 129 - No, sir. It would be called so in a book ; and when a man comes to look at it, he sees it is not so. It is indeed pointed at the top; but one side of it is larger than the other.
Página 244 - M'Pherson's Ossian to be more like the original than Pope's Homer. JOHNSON. " Well, sir, this is just what I always maintained. He has found names, and stories, and phrases, nay passages in old songs, and with them has blended his own compositions, and so made what he gives to the world as the translation of an ancient poem...