 | James MacLuckie Connell - 1924 - 170 Seiten
...visited Iona in the autumn of 1773, and his words about it are still the fittest that have been spoken. " We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of Caledonian religions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1927 - 436 Seiten
...familiar to the ear as one of the choicest examples cf Johnsonese: — " We are now," he says, ' ' treading that illustrious island which was once the...whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived tEe benefit of knowledge and the blessings of religion." And again there is this fine sentence at the... | |
 | Nigel MacNeill - 1929 - 600 Seiten
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 | Nigel MacNeill - 1929 - 600 Seiten
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 | Hugh Gunn - 1931 - 146 Seiten
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 | James Baikie - 1932 - 232 Seiten
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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. 
