Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773McGraw-Hill, 1961 - 520 pages |
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Page 146
... rock so like one of the ordinary huts in the island that everybody must mistake it for one . The old castle is situated upon a rock very near the sea . The rock is not one mass of stone , but a concretion of pebbles and earth ; but so ...
... rock so like one of the ordinary huts in the island that everybody must mistake it for one . The old castle is situated upon a rock very near the sea . The rock is not one mass of stone , but a concretion of pebbles and earth ; but so ...
Page 184
... rock was very in- convenient . That there was no place near it where a good gar- den could be made ; that it must always be a rude place ; that it was Herculean labour to make a dinner here ; that the cli- mate was such that one might ...
... rock was very in- convenient . That there was no place near it where a good gar- den could be made ; that it must always be a rude place ; that it was Herculean labour to make a dinner here ; that the cli- mate was such that one might ...
Page 214
... rock of considerable size , quite detached , standing in the sea.14 A good way to the are three columnal rocks rising to sharp points , also detached from the main rock , and advanced before each other into the sea , thus : 15 the ...
... rock of considerable size , quite detached , standing in the sea.14 A good way to the are three columnal rocks rising to sharp points , also detached from the main rock , and advanced before each other into the sea , thus : 15 the ...
Contents
APPENDIX Correspondence between Boswell and Lord Elibank | 405 |
TOPOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT | 452 |
INDEX | 489 |
Copyright | |
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