A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Bände 1-2W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1775 - 268 Seiten |
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... ftones had this infcription : " Maria Reg . 66 1564. " It has probably been neglected from the time that the whole ifland had the fame king . We left this little ifland with our thoughts em- ployed awhile on the different appearance ...
... ftones had this infcription : " Maria Reg . 66 1564. " It has probably been neglected from the time that the whole ifland had the fame king . We left this little ifland with our thoughts em- ployed awhile on the different appearance ...
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... flip , he must fall from his dreadful elevation upon ftones on one fide , or into the water on the other . We however went round , and were glad when the circuit was completed . When When we came down to the fea , we faw 28 A JOURNEY TO ...
... flip , he must fall from his dreadful elevation upon ftones on one fide , or into the water on the other . We however went round , and were glad when the circuit was completed . When When we came down to the fea , we faw 28 A JOURNEY TO ...
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... ftones fhowered on them from above , yet the crews would have lain safe in the caverns . Next morning we continued our journey , pleased with the reception at Slanes Castle , of which we had now leifure to recount the gran- deur and the ...
... ftones fhowered on them from above , yet the crews would have lain safe in the caverns . Next morning we continued our journey , pleased with the reception at Slanes Castle , of which we had now leifure to recount the gran- deur and the ...
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Samuel Johnson. BAMF F. We dined this day at the house of Mr. Frazer of Streichton , who fhewed us in his grounds . fome ftones yet standing of a druidical circle , and what I began to think more worthy of notice , fome foreft trees of ...
Samuel Johnson. BAMF F. We dined this day at the house of Mr. Frazer of Streichton , who fhewed us in his grounds . fome ftones yet standing of a druidical circle , and what I began to think more worthy of notice , fome foreft trees of ...
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... ftones , ranged for the most part with fome tendency to circula- rity . It must be placed where the wind cannot act ... ftone . No light is admitted but at the entrance , and through a hole in the thatch , which gives vent to the smoke ...
... ftones , ranged for the most part with fome tendency to circula- rity . It must be placed where the wind cannot act ... ftone . No light is admitted but at the entrance , and through a hole in the thatch , which gives vent to the smoke ...
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Seite 61 - The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Seite 134 - Length of life is distributed impartially to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...
Seite 242 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and...
Seite 104 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour. She is a woman of middle stature, soft features, gentle manners, and elegant presence.
Seite 176 - 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.
Seite 191 - It would be easy to shew it if he had it ; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. He has...
Seite 61 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Seite 192 - 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.
Seite 179 - ... one generation of ignorance effaces the whole series of unwritten history. Books are faithful repositories, which may be a while neglected or forgotten; but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction: memory, once interrupted, is not to be recalled. Written learning is a fixed luminary, which, after the cloud that had hidden it has passed away, is again bright in its proper station. Tradition is but a meteor, which, if once it falls, cannot be rekindled.
Seite 173 - 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.