Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)Clarendon Press, 1887 |
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... Kingsburgh . Flora M'Donald . September 13. Distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II . Arrive at Dunvegan . September 14. Importance of the chastity of women . Dr. Cadogan . Whether the practice of authours is necessary to ...
... Kingsburgh . Flora M'Donald . September 13. Distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II . Arrive at Dunvegan . September 14. Importance of the chastity of women . Dr. Cadogan . Whether the practice of authours is necessary to ...
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... Kings- burgh's Jacobite song . Lady Margaret Macdonald adored in Sky . Different views of the same subject at different times . deception . Self- September 27. Dr. Johnson's popularity in the Isle of Sky . His good- humoured gaiety with ...
... Kings- burgh's Jacobite song . Lady Margaret Macdonald adored in Sky . Different views of the same subject at different times . deception . Self- September 27. Dr. Johnson's popularity in the Isle of Sky . His good- humoured gaiety with ...
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... Kingsburgh , Corrichatachin ; and their wives are called the mis- tress of Kingsburgh , the mistress of Corrichatachin . Having given this explanation , I am at liberty to use that mode of speech which generally prevails in the ...
... Kingsburgh , Corrichatachin ; and their wives are called the mis- tress of Kingsburgh , the mistress of Corrichatachin . Having given this explanation , I am at liberty to use that mode of speech which generally prevails in the ...
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... Kingsburgh , told us that her father was one day riding in Sky , and some women , who were at work in a field on the side of the road , said to him they had heard two taiscks , ( that is , two voices of persons about to die ' , ) and ...
... Kingsburgh , told us that her father was one day riding in Sky , and some women , who were at work in a field on the side of the road , said to him they had heard two taiscks , ( that is , two voices of persons about to die ' , ) and ...
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... Kingsburgh's daughter , I did not wonder at the good appearance which she made . She talked as if her husband and family would emigrate , rather than be oppressed by their landlord ; and said , ' how agreeable would it be , if these ...
... Kingsburgh's daughter , I did not wonder at the good appearance which she made . She talked as if her husband and family would emigrate , rather than be oppressed by their landlord ; and said , ' how agreeable would it be , if these ...
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