 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 Seiten
...well-known passage records the emotions excited in the breast of Dr. Johnson by the prospect of lona. " 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 Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 Seiten
...of eloquence which is, in our opmion, you know, the finest in all the Johnsonian declamations : — "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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1843 - 558 Seiten
...according to some writers, is tile meaning of the term lona.— See Cornel!'* Tan,- in the JligUamh, t "We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions. That man is little lo be envied, whore pnlriotism would not gain force upon the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...censure or from praise. [Reflection» on Landing at lona.'] [From the ' Journey to the Western Isles.'] x x x x x x x x Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians ileriveil the benefits of knowledge and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...censure or from praise. [Reflections on Landing at lona.] [From the * Journey to the Western Isles.1] her arms beneath her cloak, And stole to the other side of the oak. What sees s Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and... | |
 | Samuel Fox - 1845 - 500 Seiten
...similar to those so eloquently expressed by Dr. Johnson, when visiting the far-famed ruins of lona: " 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...Your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant — SAM. JOHNSON. Reflections on Landing at lona. 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 414 Seiten
...not at Columba's isle, Though peal'd the bells from the holy pile With long and measured toll;' 1 [" 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... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 Seiten
...MEMBER.* RULE 111.— The penultimate member of a sentence requires the rising inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. 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... | |
 | Outlines - 1846 - 160 Seiten
...sec. 4. The influence of association is eloquently described by Dr. Johnson, in his visit to lona. "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... | |
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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. To abstract the mind from all local emotion... 
