The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel JohnsonT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - 460 páginas |
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... breakfast offered to Dr. John- son , and rejected . Lochbuy's war - saddle . Oban October 23. Goldsmith's Traveller . Pope and Cowley compared . Archibald Duke of Argyle . Arrive at Inverary . Dr. Johnson drinks some whisky , and ...
... breakfast offered to Dr. John- son , and rejected . Lochbuy's war - saddle . Oban October 23. Goldsmith's Traveller . Pope and Cowley compared . Archibald Duke of Argyle . Arrive at Inverary . Dr. Johnson drinks some whisky , and ...
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... breakfast , at which I intro- duced to Dr. Johnson , and him , my friend Sir William Forbes , now of Pitsligo ; a man of whom too much good cannot be said ; who , with distin- guished abilities and application in his profession of a ...
... breakfast , at which I intro- duced to Dr. Johnson , and him , my friend Sir William Forbes , now of Pitsligo ; a man of whom too much good cannot be said ; who , with distin- guished abilities and application in his profession of a ...
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... breakfast . We talked of Ogden on Prayer . Dr. Johnson said , " The same arguments which are used against God's hearing prayer , will serve against his reward- ing good , and punishing evil . He has resolved , he has declared , in the ...
... breakfast . We talked of Ogden on Prayer . Dr. Johnson said , " The same arguments which are used against God's hearing prayer , will serve against his reward- ing good , and punishing evil . He has resolved , he has declared , in the ...
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... ' That is the buz of the theatre . " TUESDAY , AUGUST 17 . Sir William Forbes came to breakfast , and brought with him Dr. Blacklock , whom he intro- duced to Dr. Johnson , who received him with a 34 JOURNAL OF A TOUR.
... ' That is the buz of the theatre . " TUESDAY , AUGUST 17 . Sir William Forbes came to breakfast , and brought with him Dr. Blacklock , whom he intro- duced to Dr. Johnson , who received him with a 34 JOURNAL OF A TOUR.
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... breakfast . Dr. Watson observed , that Glasgow University had fewer home - students , since trade increased , as learning was rather in- compatible with it . - JOHNSON . " Why , sir , as trade is now carried on by subordinate hands ...
... breakfast . Dr. Watson observed , that Glasgow University had fewer home - students , since trade increased , as learning was rather in- compatible with it . - JOHNSON . " Why , sir , as trade is now carried on by subordinate hands ...
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Aberdeen afterwards ancient appearance asked Auchinleck believe better boat BOSWELL breakfast called castle church conversation 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 kind Kingsburgh knew Lady Laird laughed Lawrence Kirk learning lived Lochbuy looked Lord Lord Monboddo lordship M'Aulay M'Lean M'Leod M'Queen main land manner mentioned miles mind Monboddo morning Mull never night obliged observed OCTOBER opinion pleased Portree pretty Principal Robertson publick Rasay recollect remarkable sail Samuel Johnson Scotland servant shew shewn shore Sir Allan stone suppose Talisker talked tell thing thought Thrale tion Tobermorie told took Ulva vessel walked Whig wind wish write young
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Página 28 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition ; and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. ' Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) a man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly* to it.
Página 117 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty,* frieze, Buttress, nor coign* of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt...
Página 9 - He was afflicted with a bodily disease which made him often restless and fretful; and with a constitutional melancholy, the clouds of which darkened the brightness of his fancy, and gave a gloomy cast to his whole course of thinking.
Página 42 - Then, sir, let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known...
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...
Página 67 - But in the course of general history, we find manners. In wars, we see the dispositions of people, their degrees of humanity, and other particulars.
Página 232 - In the last age, when my mother lived in London, there were two sets of people, those who gave the wall, and those who took it ; the peaceable and the quarrelsome. When...
Página 225 - 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. If you find the same language in distant countries, you may be sure that the inhabitants of each have been the same people ; that is to say, if you find the languages a good deal the same ; for a word here and there being the same, will not do. Thus Butler, in his 'Hudibras...