The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the imagination. Prayers and sermons. IndexW. Pickering, 1825 |
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... laws of hospitality still give this license to a stranger . A hut is constructed with loose stones , ranged for the most part with some tendency to circularity . It must be placed where the wind cannot act upon it with violence ...
... laws of hospitality still give this license to a stranger . A hut is constructed with loose stones , ranged for the most part with some tendency to circularity . It must be placed where the wind cannot act upon it with violence ...
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... law , that if a robber was sheltered from justice , any man of the same clan might be taken in his place . This was a kind of irregular justice , which , though necessary in savage times , could hardly fail to end in a feud ; and a feud ...
... law , that if a robber was sheltered from justice , any man of the same clan might be taken in his place . This was a kind of irregular justice , which , though necessary in savage times , could hardly fail to end in a feud ; and a feud ...
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... laws , since the laws have been introduced into the Highlands , this disposition to thievery is very much repressed . Thirty years ago , no herd had ever been conducted through the mountains without paying tribute in the night to some ...
... laws , since the laws have been introduced into the Highlands , this disposition to thievery is very much repressed . Thirty years ago , no herd had ever been conducted through the mountains without paying tribute in the night to some ...
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... Law is nothing without power ; and the sentence of a distant court could not be easily executed , nor perhaps very safely promulgated , among men , ignorantly proud and habitually violent , un- connected with the general system , and ...
... Law is nothing without power ; and the sentence of a distant court could not be easily executed , nor perhaps very safely promulgated , among men , ignorantly proud and habitually violent , un- connected with the general system , and ...
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... laws , and calling each his followers to maintain the dignity of the clan , fought a formal battle , in which several considerable men fell on the side of Mackintosh , without a complete victory to either . This is said to have been the ...
... laws , and calling each his followers to maintain the dignity of the clan , fought a formal battle , in which several considerable men fell on the side of Mackintosh , without a complete victory to either . This is said to have been the ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 371 - 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 145 - 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 397 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Página 375 - Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
Página 197 - 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 197 - 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 486 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 345 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but righteousness delivereth from death.
Página 466 - They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven...
Página 283 - ... commemoration available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity; and make the death of thy Son JESUS CHRIST effectual to my redemption. Have mercy upon me, and pardon the multitude of my offences. Bless my friends ; have mercy upon all men. Support me, by thy Holy Spirit, in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death ; and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of JESUS CHRIST. Amen.