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... Lady Dowa- ger Colvill , and Lady Anne Erskine , sisters of the Earl of Kelly ; the Hon . Archibald Erskine , who has now succeeded to that title ; Lord Elibank , the Rev. Dr. Blair , Mr. Tytler , the acute vindicator of Mary , Queen of ...
... Lady Dowa- ger Colvill , and Lady Anne Erskine , sisters of the Earl of Kelly ; the Hon . Archibald Erskine , who has now succeeded to that title ; Lord Elibank , the Rev. Dr. Blair , Mr. Tytler , the acute vindicator of Mary , Queen of ...
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... Lady Colvill's , Lord Hailes's , Sir Adolphus Oughton's , Sir Alexander Dick's , Principal Robertson's , Mr. M'Laurin's , and thrice at Lord Elibank's seat in the country , where we also passed two nights . He supped at the Hon . Alexan ...
... Lady Colvill's , Lord Hailes's , Sir Adolphus Oughton's , Sir Alexander Dick's , Principal Robertson's , Mr. M'Laurin's , and thrice at Lord Elibank's seat in the country , where we also passed two nights . He supped at the Hon . Alexan ...
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... Lady Colvill's , to whom I am proud to introduce any stranger of eminence , that he may see what dignity and grace is to be found in Scotland , an officer observed that he had heard Lord Mansfield was not a great English lawyer ...
... Lady Colvill's , to whom I am proud to introduce any stranger of eminence , that he may see what dignity and grace is to be found in Scotland , an officer observed that he had heard Lord Mansfield was not a great English lawyer ...
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... Lady Eglintoune's complimentary adoption of Dr. Johnson as her son ; for I unfortunately stated that her ladyship adopted him as her son , in consequence of her having been married the year after he was born . Dr. Johnson instantly ...
... Lady Eglintoune's complimentary adoption of Dr. Johnson as her son ; for I unfortunately stated that her ladyship adopted him as her son , in consequence of her having been married the year after he was born . Dr. Johnson instantly ...
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... Lady Rasay , my compli- ments to your young family , and to Dr. M'Leod ; and my hearty good wishes to Malcolm , with whom I hope again to shake hands cordially . - I have the honour to be , dear Sir , your obliged and faithful humble ...
... Lady Rasay , my compli- ments to your young family , and to Dr. M'Leod ; and my hearty good wishes to Malcolm , with whom I hope again to shake hands cordially . - I have the honour to be , dear Sir , your obliged and faithful humble ...
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Página 292 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 129 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 97 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Página 199 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 268 - And if Jack Wilkes should be there, what is that to me, Sir ? My dear friend, let us have no more of this. I am sorry to be angry with you ; but really it is treating me strangely to talk to me as if I could not meet any company whatever, occasionally.
Página 269 - But he no doubt recollected his having rated me for supposing that he could be at all disconcerted by any company, and he, therefore, resolutely set himself to behave quite as an easy man of the world, who could adapt himself at once to the disposition and manners of those whom he might chance to meet. "The. cheering sound of "Dinner is upon the table," dissolved his reverie, and we all sat down without any symptom of ill humour.
Página 343 - When Goldsmith was dying, Dr. Turton said to him, " Your pulse is in greater disorder than it should be, from the degree of fever which you have : is your mind at ease ?" Goldsmith answered it was not.
Página 198 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man but a very impudent dog indeed can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
Página 164 - Endeavouring to make children prematurely wise is useless labour. Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid. Too much is expected from precocity, and too little performed. Miss was an instance of early cultivation, but in what did it terminate?
Página 78 - Your rage I defy. Your abilities, since your Homer, are not so formidable; and what I hear of your morals inclines me to pay regard not to what you shall say, but to what you shall prove. You may print this if you will. SAM. JOHNSON.