The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 27
... habitation without leave , seems to be not considered here as rudeness or intrusion . The old laws of hospitality still give this licence to a stranger . A hut is constructed with loose stones , ranged for WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 27.
... habitation without leave , seems to be not considered here as rudeness or intrusion . The old laws of hospitality still give this licence to a stranger . A hut is constructed with loose stones , ranged for WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 27.
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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 40 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... 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 40 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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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 with- out 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 with- out 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 ...
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