 There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 405by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1775 - 280 pages
...laws. We came thither too late to fee what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a fyftem of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of...their original character, their ferocity of temper is foftened, their military ardour is extinguifhed, their dignity of independence is depreffed, their... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...laws. We came thither too late to fee what we expected, a .people of peculiar appearance, and a fyllem of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their fejocity of temper is foftened, their military ardour is extinguiilicd, their dignity of independence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...laws. We came thither too late to fee what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a fyftem of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of...their original character; their ferocity of temper is foftened, their military ardour is extinguifhed, their dignity of independence is deprefled, their... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1792 - 332 pages
...laws. We came thither too late to fee what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a fyftem of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of...their original character ; their ferocity of temper is foftencd, their military ardour is extinguifhed> their dignity of independence is deprefled, their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...fingers conveyed it to their mouths. There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated...came thither too late to see what we expected,— a peo.» pie of peculiar appearance; and a system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now oi... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...laws. We came thither too late to fee what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a fyftem of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of...their original character ; their ferocity of temper is foftened, their military ardour is ex* tinguifhed, their dignity of independence is deprefled, their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated iu the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent...their original character ; their ferocity of temper is soft«ued, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 378 pages
...fingers conveyed it to their mouths. * There was, perhaps, never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated...retain little now of their original character ; their ferosity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...fingers conveyed it to their mouths. There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands, by the last conq uest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to sea what we expected, a people of peculiar... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...fingers conveyed it to their mouths. There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands,' by the last conqiicst, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar... | |
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