The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 53
... late to see what we expected , a people of peculiar appearance , and a system of antiquated life . The clans retain little now of their ori- ginal character ; their ferocity of temper is softned , their military ardour is extinguished ...
... late to see what we expected , a people of peculiar appearance , and a system of antiquated life . The clans retain little now of their ori- ginal character ; their ferocity of temper is softned , their military ardour is extinguished ...
Page 54
... late conquest of their country , there remain only their language and their poverty . Their language is attacked on every side . Schools are erected , in which English only is taught , and there were lately some who thought it ...
... late conquest of their country , there remain only their language and their poverty . Their language is attacked on every side . Schools are erected , in which English only is taught , and there were lately some who thought it ...
Page 56
... late sir James Macdonald , his sword was delivered to the present laird of Raasay . The family of Raasay consists of the laird , the lady , three sons , and ten daughters . For the sons there is a tutor in the house , and the lady is ...
... late sir James Macdonald , his sword was delivered to the present laird of Raasay . The family of Raasay consists of the laird , the lady , three sons , and ten daughters . For the sons there is a tutor in the house , and the lady is ...
Page 59
... late laird let out one hundred men upon a military expedition . The sixth part of a people is supposed capable of bearing arms : Raasay had therefore six hundred inhabitants . But because it is not likely that every man able to serve in ...
... late laird let out one hundred men upon a military expedition . The sixth part of a people is supposed capable of bearing arms : Raasay had therefore six hundred inhabitants . But because it is not likely that every man able to serve in ...
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... late ; and is so often almost dry and again very wet , before it is housed , that it becomes a collection of withered stalks without taste or fragrance ; it must be eaten by cattle that have nothing else , but by most English farmers ...
... late ; and is so often almost dry and again very wet , before it is housed , that it becomes a collection of withered stalks without taste or fragrance ; it must be eaten by cattle that have nothing else , but by most English farmers ...
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