...records the emotions excited in his breast, by the prospect of lona, affords unquestionable proof. " Wo were now treading that illustrious island, which was...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws...

...JOHNSONIANA : No. II. LOCAL EMOTION; OR, DR. JOHNSON'S EXCLAMATIONS ON LANDING AT ICOMKILL. " WE are now treading that illustrious island, which was once...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured ; and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws...

...beautiful reflections on visiting lona ?—'* We were now treading that illustrious island, which was ouce the luminary of the Caledonian regions ; whence savage...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion, would be impossible, if it were endeavoured ; and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws...

...lona, affords unquestionable proof. " We were now treading that illustrious island, which wag onco tho luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws...

...tho more Though from afar, his steps adore ! [Abridged from BISIIOI- MAST'S Bril'uh ICOI.MKILL. — We were now treading that illustrious island, which...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws...

...Johnson's celebrated allusion to this subject, that we close our remarks by inserting the passage. — ":We were now treading that illustrious island, which...luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage dans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract...

...these islands. Well, therefore, might Dr. Johnson term lona " the luminary of the Caledonian region, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion." The fact is more extensively true than that great writer himself expected, for he was not profoundly...

...of the finest in the English language, and spirit-stirring to those visiting the spot — " We are now treading that illustrious island, which was once...roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were...

...no question that lona deserves the eloquent compliment bestowed upon it hy Dr. Johnson, of being " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion." But there is also truth in what another elegant writer, Doctor Macculloeh, says — that the descriptions...

...from the summits of Ben Nevis and Ben Lomond— I have visited the " illustrious island from which savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion." (Cheers.) Yes, amid the ruins of lona " I have learned to abjure that frigid philosophy which would...