Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1950 - 961 pages Over sixty-five representative selections. |
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Page 707
... islands which we visited , we neither saw nor heard of any house of prayer , except in Sky , that was not in ruins . The malignant influence of Calvinism has blasted ceremony and de- cency together ; and if the remembrance of papal ...
... islands which we visited , we neither saw nor heard of any house of prayer , except in Sky , that was not in ruins . The malignant influence of Calvinism has blasted ceremony and de- cency together ; and if the remembrance of papal ...
Page 723
... islands , and therefore ropes may be had . If they wanted hemp , they might make better cordage of rushes , or perhaps of nettles , than of straw . Their method of life neither secures them perpetual health , nor exposes them to any ...
... islands , and therefore ropes may be had . If they wanted hemp , they might make better cordage of rushes , or perhaps of nettles , than of straw . Their method of life neither secures them perpetual health , nor exposes them to any ...
Page 754
... Islands than one ; and each Island can have the Minister only in its own turn . At Raasay they had , I think , a right to service only every third Sunday . All the provision made by the present ecclesiastical constitution , for the ...
... Islands than one ; and each Island can have the Minister only in its own turn . At Raasay they had , I think , a right to service only every third Sunday . All the provision made by the present ecclesiastical constitution , for the ...
Contents
Chronological Table | 8 |
London a Poem | 25 |
An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage | 41 |
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