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" 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... "
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Page 129
by Samuel Johnson - 1791 - 384 pages
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 39

Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 pages
...te /6e Wejlern Ifiands of Scotland. 41 contrariety of images. Without is the rough, ocean and th« rocky land, the beating billows and the howling ftorm : within is plenty aud elegance, beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance. In Raafay, if I could have found an Ulylfes,...
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Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides: In which are ...

Donald MacNicol - 1779 - 392 pages
...make the beft comment upon this fubject. In finifhing his defcription of Raafay, he fays, page 149, " Such a feat of hofpitality, amidft the winds and waters,...elegance, beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance." Page 154, " A Highland laird," he fays, " made a trial of his wife for a certain time, and if fhe did...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...; it is therefore not unlikely, that oratories were often built in places where retirement was furc to have no difturbance. Raafay has little that can...billows and the howling ftorm : within is plenty and dcgance, beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance. WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 395 dance. In Raafay, if I...
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Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles ..., Volume 3

1794 - 542 pages
...barrenéis and inclemency of weather without doors, in language lefs (uperb than the following : — " without, is the rough ocean and the rocky land ; the beating billows, and the howling ftormb : — within, is plenty and elegance ; beauty and gaity ; the long and the dance!" This is pretty:...
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A Defence of the Scots Highlanders, in General: And Some Learned Characters ...

John Lanne Buchanan - 1794 - 308 pages
...whofe curiofity pants for favage virtues and barbarous grandeur. Such a feat of hofpitality as Raarfay, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images; without is the rough ocean, the rocky land, beating billows, and howling ftorm; within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety,...
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Memoirs of the Life, Studies, and Writings of the Right Reverend George ...

William Jones - 1799 - 488 pages
...the Sicilies, ii. 240. led. 33. 59. Dr. 59. Dr. Johnfon thus fpeaks of his fit nation at Raufay : " Such a feat of hofpitality amidft the winds "and waters..." and the rocky land, the beating billows and the v howling ftorm : within is plenty and elegance, ** beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance 1" —...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...enforces confecrated buildings, the number of thofe buildings may be fuppofed to afford fome indicatioh, however uncertain, of the populoufnefs of the place...elegance, beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance. WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 289 tknce. In Raafav, if I could have found an &fyjest I had fancied a Pkaacia....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a feat of hofpitality, amidft the winds and waters, s fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety...the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling ftonn : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the fong and the dance. In Raafay, if I could...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...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...the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and tjh^ dance. In Raasay, if I...
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Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects, and from Various Authors, &c ...

George Horne - 1808 - 320 pages
...Such a seat of hospitality amidst the " winds and waters fills the imagination with a de" lightful contrariety of images: without is the " rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating bil" lows and the howling storm : within is plenty and " elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and...
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