Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773McGraw-Hill, 1961 - 520 pages |
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Page 53
... Monboddo is a wretched place , wild and naked , with a poor old house ; though , if I recollect right , there are two turrets which mark an old baron's residence . Lord Monboddo received us at his gate most courteously ; pointed to the ...
... Monboddo is a wretched place , wild and naked , with a poor old house ; though , if I recollect right , there are two turrets which mark an old baron's residence . Lord Monboddo received us at his gate most courteously ; pointed to the ...
Page 55
... MONBODDO . “ And it is that little which makes history valuable . " Bravo ! thought I ; they agree like two brothers . MONBODDO . " I am sorry , Dr. John- son , you were not longer at Edinburgh to receive the homage of our men of ...
... MONBODDO . “ And it is that little which makes history valuable . " Bravo ! thought I ; they agree like two brothers . MONBODDO . " I am sorry , Dr. John- son , you were not longer at Edinburgh to receive the homage of our men of ...
Page 57
... Monboddo , my lord being my father's old friend , and having been always very good to me . We were cordial together . He asked Mr. Johnson and me to stay all night . When I said we must be at Aber- deen , he said , " Well , I'm like the ...
... Monboddo , my lord being my father's old friend , and having been always very good to me . We were cordial together . He asked Mr. Johnson and me to stay all night . When I said we must be at Aber- deen , he said , " Well , I'm like the ...
Contents
APPENDIX Correspondence between Boswell and Lord Elibank | 405 |
TOPOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT | 452 |
INDEX | 489 |
Copyright | |
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