The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 15Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Page 199
... commonly called Muck , which the pro- prietor not liking , has endeavoured , without effect , to change to Monk . It is usual to call gentlemen in Scotland by the name of their possessions , as Raasay , Bernera , Loch Buy , a practice ...
... commonly called Muck , which the pro- prietor not liking , has endeavoured , without effect , to change to Monk . It is usual to call gentlemen in Scotland by the name of their possessions , as Raasay , Bernera , Loch Buy , a practice ...
Page 216
... have increased for want of weasels to oppose them . The inhabitants of Sky , and of the other islands , which I have seen , are commonly of the middle stature , with fewer among them very tall or very 216 A JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES.
... have increased for want of weasels to oppose them . The inhabitants of Sky , and of the other islands , which I have seen , are commonly of the middle stature , with fewer among them very tall or very 216 A JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES.
Page 251
... commonly useless . It is a breach of the common order of things , without any visible reason or per- ceptible benefit . It is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened ; and among them , for the most part , to the mean and ...
... commonly useless . It is a breach of the common order of things , without any visible reason or per- ceptible benefit . It is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened ; and among them , for the most part , to the mean and ...
Contents
Lives of Eminent Persons continued PAGE | 1 |
A Journey to the Hebrides | 114 |
The Vision of Theodore the Hermit of Teneriffe | 324 |
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