The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... tacksman ; a large taker or leaseholder of land , of which he keeps part as a domain in his own hand , and lets part to under - tenants . The tacksman is necessarily a man capable of securing to the laird the whole rent , and is ...
... tacksman ; a large taker or leaseholder of land , of which he keeps part as a domain in his own hand , and lets part to under - tenants . The tacksman is necessarily a man capable of securing to the laird the whole rent , and is ...
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... tacksman as a useless burden of the ground , as a drone who lives upon the product of an estate , without the right of property , or the merit of labour , and who im- poverishes at once the landlord and the tenant . The land , say they ...
... tacksman as a useless burden of the ground , as a drone who lives upon the product of an estate , without the right of property , or the merit of labour , and who im- poverishes at once the landlord and the tenant . The land , say they ...
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... arms . To banish the tacksman is easy , to make a country plentiful by dimi- nishing the people , is an expeditious mode of husbandry ; but that abundance , which there is nobody to enjoy 84 A JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES .
... arms . To banish the tacksman is easy , to make a country plentiful by dimi- nishing the people , is an expeditious mode of husbandry ; but that abundance , which there is nobody to enjoy 84 A JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES .
Página 85
... tacksman as their hereditary superiour ; nor can the steward have equal zeal for the prosperity of an estate profitable only to the laird , with the tacksman , who has the laird's income involved in his own . The only gentlemen in the ...
... tacksman as their hereditary superiour ; nor can the steward have equal zeal for the prosperity of an estate profitable only to the laird , with the tacksman , who has the laird's income involved in his own . The only gentlemen in the ...
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... tacksmen and the ministers have commonly houses . Wherever there is a house , the stranger finds a welcome ; and to the other evils of exterminating tacksmen may be added the un- avoidable cessation of hospitality , or the devolution of ...
... tacksmen and the ministers have commonly houses . Wherever there is a house , the stranger finds a welcome ; and to the other evils of exterminating tacksmen may be added the un- avoidable cessation of hospitality , or the devolution of ...
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Página 373 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Página 463 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Página 185 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those, that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence ; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Página 185 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
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Página 216 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Página 321 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but righteousness delivereth from death.
Página 347 - And he took bread, and • gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : This do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Página 482 - LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAYS, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.