 We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To. abstract the mind from all local emotion...  The Saturday Magazine - Página 821835Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 820 páginas
...to avow ; '• we are now treading (says doctor Johnson) that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the knowledge and the blessing* of the Parliamentary record!, and Bermiogbam lower r«cord«, no* jr. posited... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 páginas
...that illustrious island, which -was once the luminary of the Caledonian rep-ions, whence savage clang and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge', and the blessings of religion. 6. Mahomet was a native of Mecca, a city of that division of Arabia, which for the luxury of its soil,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 páginas
...been just, to have preserved it. # " WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage...endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatingly dry and hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent use... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1820 - 298 páginas
...of thoselearned seminaries for which Ireland had been long so justly famous, " whence savage septs and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion," and reduced the people and the country to that state of moral and political degradation, from which,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 páginas
...been just, to have preserved it. 2 " WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion being exceedingly dry and hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 páginas
...been just, to have preserved it. 2 " WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion being exceedingly dry and hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - 1821 - 378 páginas
...of Fingal, — the perilous whirlpools of Corry vreckan,— or that once famous and holy island, " whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion." The city of PERTH, besides the attractions which its own rich and beautiful environs possess, is the... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 544 páginas
...other respects, they seemed of another world : — " Whatever with" draws us," says Dr. Johnson, " from the power " of our senses ; whatever makes the...the " distant, or the future, predominate over the pre" sent, advances us in the dignity of rational be" ings." It would be difficult to point out any,... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 538 páginas
...In other respects, they seemed of another world :—" Whatever with" draws us," says Dr. Johnson, " from the power " of our senses; whatever makes the...the " distant, or the future, predominate over the pre" sent, advances us in the dignity of rational be" ings." It would be difficult to point out any,... | |
 | David Stewart - 1822 - 552 páginas
...this celebrated spot. " We were now," says he, " treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefit of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would... | |
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