Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: And Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel JohnsonNew York, 1961 - 447 pages |
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Page 60
... mentioned in history , and if courage and fidelity be virtues , mentioned with honour . She is a woman of middle stature , soft features , gentle manners , and elegant presence . In the morning we sent our horses round a promontory to ...
... mentioned in history , and if courage and fidelity be virtues , mentioned with honour . She is a woman of middle stature , soft features , gentle manners , and elegant presence . In the morning we sent our horses round a promontory to ...
Page 236
... mentioned to Dr. Johnson the over - delicate scrupulosity of our host . He said , he had no objection to hear the prayer . This was a pleasing surprise to me ; for he refused to go and hear Principal Robertson preach . I will hear him ...
... mentioned to Dr. Johnson the over - delicate scrupulosity of our host . He said , he had no objection to hear the prayer . This was a pleasing surprise to me ; for he refused to go and hear Principal Robertson preach . I will hear him ...
Page 420
... mention . In the course of their altercation , Whiggism and Presbyterianism , Toryism and Episcopacy , were terribly buffeted . My worthy heredi- tary friend , Sir John Pringle , never having been mentioned , happily escaped without a ...
... mention . In the course of their altercation , Whiggism and Presbyterianism , Toryism and Episcopacy , were terribly buffeted . My worthy heredi- tary friend , Sir John Pringle , never having been mentioned , happily escaped without a ...
Contents
Dr Johnson on horseback A Highland hut Fort Augustus | 25 |
Anoch Emigration Goldsmith Poets and soldiers com | 32 |
Dr Johnson relents Isle of Sky Armidale 253 43 | 43 |
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