The works of Samuel Johnson, Band 9G. Offor, 1818 |
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... Inch Keith is nothing more than a rock covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows grazes VOL . IX . B annually upon it in the summer . It seems never.
... Inch Keith is nothing more than a rock covered with a thin layer of earth , not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows grazes VOL . IX . B annually upon it in the summer . It seems never.
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... rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the house seemed impracticable . From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that sepa- rates Scotland from Norway , and , when the winds beat with violence , must enjoy ...
... rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the house seemed impracticable . From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that sepa- rates Scotland from Norway , and , when the winds beat with violence , must enjoy ...
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... rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of If I had any malice against a walking spirit , instead of laying him in the Red Sea , I would condemn him to reside in the Buller of Buchan . But terror without danger ...
... rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of If I had any malice against a walking spirit , instead of laying him in the Red Sea , I would condemn him to reside in the Buller of Buchan . But terror without danger ...
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... rock so high and steep , that I think it was once not accessible , but by the help of ladders or a bridge . Over against it , on another hill , was a fort built by Cromwell , now totally demolished ; for no faction of Scotland loved the ...
... rock so high and steep , that I think it was once not accessible , but by the help of ladders or a bridge . Over against it , on another hill , was a fort built by Cromwell , now totally demolished ; for no faction of Scotland loved the ...
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... rock , levelled with great labour and exactness , near the water - side . Most of this day's journey was very ... rocks shaded with birch , the har- dy native of the north , and covered with fern or heath , On the right the limpid waters ...
... rock , levelled with great labour and exactness , near the water - side . Most of this day's journey was very ... rocks shaded with birch , the har- dy native of the north , and covered with fern or heath , On the right the limpid waters ...
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Seite 139 - 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 would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Seite 267 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Seite 268 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Seite 35 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. 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.
Seite 269 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America,...
Seite 289 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Seite 45 - These, however, are deficiencies in story, for which no man is now to be censured. It were enough, if what there is yet opportunity of examining were accurately inspected, and justly represented; but such is the laxity of Highland conversation, that the inquirer is kept in continual suspense, and by a kind of intellectual retrogradation, knows less as he hears more.
Seite 234 - Let us abstract from his wit the vivacity of insolence, and withdraw from his efficacy the sympathetic favour of plebeian malignity; I do not say that we shall leave him nothing; the cause that I defend scorns the help of falsehood; but if we leave him only his merit, what will be his praise?
Seite 109 - They have inquired and considered little, and do not always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by others; and seem never to have thought upon interrogating themselves; so that if they do not know what they tell to be true, they likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false.
Seite 43 - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.