Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides: In which are Contained Observations on the Antiquities, Language, Genius, and Manners of the Highlanders of ScotlandT. Cadell, 1779 - 371 páginas |
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... instances of what he mentions , I will not difpute ; nor in remote corners , nor even elsewhere when the pullies may happen to be out of order , do I think it a bad fhift ; and if our neighbours of the South have not a nail , or fome ...
... instances of what he mentions , I will not difpute ; nor in remote corners , nor even elsewhere when the pullies may happen to be out of order , do I think it a bad fhift ; and if our neighbours of the South have not a nail , or fome ...
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... of him in almost every page ; and the present instance of his infincerity may fatisfy others that we have not always had fair play . Intro- ducing the Scots , he might hope , as the ducing ( 50 ) head would be invidious; nor shall the ...
... of him in almost every page ; and the present instance of his infincerity may fatisfy others that we have not always had fair play . Intro- ducing the Scots , he might hope , as the ducing ( 50 ) head would be invidious; nor shall the ...
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... as fill a fmall volume of 162 pages , and amount to upwards of 4000 lines . There is no doubt , but , in ages when the Highlanders had fewer avocations than at prefent , there have been instances of memory among Y 2 at ( 323 ) 3 ...
... as fill a fmall volume of 162 pages , and amount to upwards of 4000 lines . There is no doubt , but , in ages when the Highlanders had fewer avocations than at prefent , there have been instances of memory among Y 2 at ( 323 ) 3 ...
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... instances of memory among them as far fuperior to those now mentioned , as they are to that of Dr. Johnson ; whose weakness of reten- tion feems to be fo great , that he often forgets in the next page what he has ad- vanced in the ...
... instances of memory among them as far fuperior to those now mentioned , as they are to that of Dr. Johnson ; whose weakness of reten- tion feems to be fo great , that he often forgets in the next page what he has ad- vanced in the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
affertion againſt almoſt Ammianus Marcellinus anceſtors ancient anſwer antiquity Bards and Seannachies becauſe Befides beſt cafe candour circumftances clans compofitions confequence confiderable confiftency curiofity Doctor Earfe eaſily England Engliſh exifted faid fame favour fays feems feen feveral fhall fhew Fingalians firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furely furniſhes Gaelic language Hebrides Hebridian hiftory Highlands himſelf houſes ignorance inftances Iona iſlands itſelf Johnſon Journey juft juſtice king laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs leſs likewife Macpherſon manner manufcripts meaſure minifter moft moſt muft muſt nation neceffary never obfervation occafion paffage paffed perfon pleaſes Poems of Offian preſent proof publiſhed purpoſe queftion reader reaſon repreſentation reſpect ſays Scotch Scotland Scots Scots Gaelic ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhould ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſuch ſuppoſe teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion told tranflated traveller truth underſtand univerfally uſe
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Página 278 - 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...
Página 128 - Raasay has little that can detain a traveller, except the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images. Without is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance.
Página 98 - Regions mountainous and wild, thinly inhabited, and little cultivated, make a great part of the earth, and he that has never seen them, must live unacquainted with much of the face of nature, and with one of the great scenes of human existence.
Página 195 - Those who profess to feel it do not boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture.
Página 365 - 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 98 - It is true that of far the greater part of things we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit or analogy supply; but it is true likewise that these ideas are always incomplete and that at least till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties and consequently gain more principles of reasoning and found a wider basis of analogy.
Página 29 - There are, moreover, an hundred complete lances, and two hundred yeomen of the said nation, beside several that are dispersed through the companies : and for so long a time as they have served in France, never hath there been one of them found that hath committed or done any fault against the kings or their state ; and they can make use of them as of their own subjects/' The ancient rights and prerogatives of the Scottish lifeguards were very honourable.
Página 83 - ... and lodged, as they had been in England, France, Italy, or Spain, concerning the time, and equivalent for their hunting and pastime ; which...
Página 219 - 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.