A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandJ. Catnach, 1800 - 288페이지 |
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... conversation easily drew us out of our way , and the entertainment which we received would have been a suf- ficient recompence for a much greater de- viation . The roads beyond Edinburgh , as they are less frequented 18 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... conversation easily drew us out of our way , and the entertainment which we received would have been a suf- ficient recompence for a much greater de- viation . The roads beyond Edinburgh , as they are less frequented 18 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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... conversation as left us no attention to the delicacies of his table . Of Fort George I shall not attempt to give any account . I cannot delineate it scientifically , and a loose and popular de- scription is of use only when the imagina ...
... conversation as left us no attention to the delicacies of his table . Of Fort George I shall not attempt to give any account . I cannot delineate it scientifically , and a loose and popular de- scription is of use only when the imagina ...
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... conversation both on his own condition , and that of the cour⚫ try . His life seemed to be merely pastor- al , except that he differed from some of the ancient Nomades in having a settled dwell- ing . His wealth consists of one hundred ...
... conversation both on his own condition , and that of the cour⚫ try . His life seemed to be merely pastor- al , except that he differed from some of the ancient Nomades in having a settled dwell- ing . His wealth consists of one hundred ...
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... conversation with their neighbours . Thus in Biscay , the original Cantabrian , and in Dalecarlia , the old Swedish still subsists . Thus Wales and the Highlands speak the tongue of the first inhabitants of Britain , while the other ...
... conversation with their neighbours . Thus in Biscay , the original Cantabrian , and in Dalecarlia , the old Swedish still subsists . Thus Wales and the Highlands speak the tongue of the first inhabitants of Britain , while the other ...
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... conversation , that the inquirer is kept in continual sus- pense , and by a kind of intellectual retro- gradation , knows less as he hears more . In the islands the plaid is rarely worn . The law by which the Highlanders have been ...
... conversation , that the inquirer is kept in continual sus- pense , and by a kind of intellectual retro- gradation , knows less as he hears more . In the islands the plaid is rarely worn . The law by which the Highlanders have been ...
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Aberdeen afford Allan Maclean ancient appearance Armidel bagpipe Bamff boat Boethius Boswell called castle cattle chapel chief church clan coast commodious common commonly considered convenience coun cows curiosity danger dignity distance Dunvegan Earse easily elegance English entertained expected Fort Augustus gentleman Grissipol ground heard heath Hebrides Highlands hills honour horses hundred Inch Kenneth inhabitants inquired Inverness islands Isle journey kelp labour ladies Laird land language lately learned less live Lochbuy long con Lough-Ness Macdonald Maclean Macleod miles minister mountains Mull nation ness never once passed perhaps Raasay rent rock Scotland Scots second sight seems seen seldom sheep shew side Sir Allan Slanes Castle sometimes square miles standing stone stranger supplied supposed Tacksman Tacksmen tain Taisch tenants ther thought tion told travelled trees Ulva walls wind
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205 페이지 - I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered. I believe they never existed in any other form than that which we have seen. The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted ; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.
186 페이지 - mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which " things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they
66 페이지 - I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
97 페이지 - The clans retain little now of their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and their reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country, there remain 'only their language and their poverty.
152 페이지 - To banish, the tacksman is easy, to make a country plentiful by diminishing the people, is an expeditious mode of husbandry ; but that abundance, which there is nobody to enjoy, contributes little to human happiness. As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labour.
22 페이지 - ... barbarity. His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness, if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused in an age when all men were credulous.
260 페이지 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
283 페이지 - The conversation of the Scots grows every day less unpleasing to the English ; their peculiarities wear fast away ; their dialect is likely to become in half a century provincial and rustick, even to themselves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the English phrase, and the English pronunciation, and in splendid companies Scotch is not much heard, except now and then from an old lady.
144 페이지 - To expand the human face to its full perfection, it seems necessary that the mind should cooperate by placidness of content, or consciousness of superiority.
268 페이지 - Macfarlane, said he, may with equal propriety be said 300 to many; but I, and I only, am Macfarlane.