The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 5Bell, 1889 |
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Page 106
... M'Queen . ' Our landlord was a sensible fellow he had learnt his grammar , and Dr. Johnson justly observed , that " a man is the better for that as long as he lives . " There were some books here : a Treatise against Drunkenness ...
... M'Queen . ' Our landlord was a sensible fellow he had learnt his grammar , and Dr. Johnson justly observed , that " a man is the better for that as long as he lives . " There were some books here : a Treatise against Drunkenness ...
Page 107
... M'Queen laird of Glenmorison , and the laird to go to America . M'Queen very generously answered , he should be sorry for it , for the laird could not shift for himself in America as he could do . I talked of the officers whom we had ...
... M'Queen laird of Glenmorison , and the laird to go to America . M'Queen very generously answered , he should be sorry for it , for the laird could not shift for himself in America as he could do . I talked of the officers whom we had ...
Page 110
... M'Queen walked some miles to give us a convoy . He had , in 1745 , joined the Highland army at Fort Augustus , and continued in it till after the battle of Culloden . As he narrated the particulars of that ill - advised , but brave ...
... M'Queen walked some miles to give us a convoy . He had , in 1745 , joined the Highland army at Fort Augustus , and continued in it till after the battle of Culloden . As he narrated the particulars of that ill - advised , but brave ...
Page 116
... M'Queen's , last night , he ob- served , that few were so well lodged in a ship . To - night , he said , we were better than if we had been upon the hill . He lay down buttoned up in his great coat . I had my sheets spread on the hay ...
... M'Queen's , last night , he ob- served , that few were so well lodged in a ship . To - night , he said , we were better than if we had been upon the hill . He lay down buttoned up in his great coat . I had my sheets spread on the hay ...
Page 119
... M'Queen was the most intelligent man in Sky , and having been favoured with a letter of introduction to him , by the learned Sir James Foulis , ' I sent it to him by an express , and requested he would meet us at Rasay ; and at the same ...
... M'Queen was the most intelligent man in Sky , and having been favoured with a letter of introduction to him , by the learned Sir James Foulis , ' I sent it to him by an express , and requested he would meet us at Rasay ; and at the same ...
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