 HAD desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited ; and was in the autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion,...  Works - Seite 190von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1920 - 784 Seiten
...north-easter is blowing. In the opening words of his ' Journey to the Western Islands.' Johnson says : ' I had desired to visit the Hebrides or Western Islands...scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited.' Quoting this, Boswell says : ' He told me, in summer 1763, that his father put Martin's account into... | |
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