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... attended us with great civility , and told us what he could give us to eat and drink . I found some books on a shelf , among which were a volume or more of Prideaux's Connexion . This I mentioned as something unexpected , and per ...
... attended us with great civility , and told us what he could give us to eat and drink . I found some books on a shelf , among which were a volume or more of Prideaux's Connexion . This I mentioned as something unexpected , and per ...
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... attended on the strongest . This was , in ruder times , the common practice , which the kings of Scotland could seldom control . Even so lately as in the last years of king William a battle was fought at Mull Roy , on a plain a few ...
... attended on the strongest . This was , in ruder times , the common practice , which the kings of Scotland could seldom control . Even so lately as in the last years of king William a battle was fought at Mull Roy , on a plain a few ...
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... attended us on the coast . We had from this time our in- telligence facilitated , and our conversation enlarged , by the company of Mr. Macqueen , minister of a parish in Sky , whose knowledge and politeness give him a title equally to ...
... attended us on the coast . We had from this time our in- telligence facilitated , and our conversation enlarged , by the company of Mr. Macqueen , minister of a parish in Sky , whose knowledge and politeness give him a title equally to ...
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... attended by ten or twelve followers , with their arms rattling . That animating rabble has now ceased . The chief has lost his formidable retinue ; and the Highlander walks his heath unarmed and defence- less , with the peaceful ...
... attended by ten or twelve followers , with their arms rattling . That animating rabble has now ceased . The chief has lost his formidable retinue ; and the Highlander walks his heath unarmed and defence- less , with the peaceful ...
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... attend the worship of the kirk , as often as a visit from their minister , or the practicability of travelling , gives them opportunity ; nor have they any rea- son to complain of insufficient pastors ; for I saw not one in the islands ...
... attend the worship of the kirk , as often as a visit from their minister , or the practicability of travelling , gives them opportunity ; nor have they any rea- son to complain of insufficient pastors ; for I saw not one in the islands ...
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Página 144 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Página 186 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, \ not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Página 319 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 177 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? • Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Página 321 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a tear.
Página 227 - No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring : no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
Página 323 - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Página 553 - 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...
Página 319 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Página 224 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.