A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandW. Strahan, 1775 - 384 páginas |
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, by Dr Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson Visualização integral - 1775 |
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againſt almoſt anceſtors ancient Armidel becauſe Boethius Bofwell caftle cattle chief clan coaft confequence confidered converfation curiofity defire diſtance Dunvegan Earfe eaſily elegance English fafe faid fame fecurity feems feen feldom fhelter fhew fide firft firſt fmall fome fomething fometimes foon ftanding ftate ftill ftock ftones ftranger fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fure furvey ground Hebrides Highlands himſelf horfes houfe houſe Inch Kenneth increaſe inhabitants Inverness Iſlands kelp labour lady laft Laird land laſt leaſt lefs leſs live Macdonald Maclean Macleod meaſure miles Minifter moſt mountains muft Mull muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved ourſelves paffage paffed perhaps pleaſing pleaſure preſent queftion Raafay raiſed reafon refided reft rock Scotland Second Sight ſeems ſeen ſhould Sir Allan ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuppoſed tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told travelled Ulva univerfally uſe vifit whofe whoſe
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Página 106 - 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.
Página 276 - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry : and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
Página 383 - Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot but be conscious that. my thoughts on national manners, are the thoughts of one who has seen but little.
Página 36 - Castle, built upon the margin of the sea, so that the walls of one of the towers seem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves.
Página 252 - Strong reasons for incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of seeing things out of sight is local, and commonly useless. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason or perceptible benefit. It is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened; and among them, for the most part, to the mean and ignorant.
Página 248 - Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.
Página 254 - Boyle has been able to resist ; that sudden impressions, which the event has verified, have been felt by more than own or publish them ; that the Second Sight of the Hebrides...