The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 29
... wish that our curiosity might have been gratified with less trouble and danger . We came at last to a place where we could overlook the river , and saw a channel torn , as it seems , through black piles of stone , by which the stream is ...
... wish that our curiosity might have been gratified with less trouble and danger . We came at last to a place where we could overlook the river , and saw a channel torn , as it seems , through black piles of stone , by which the stream is ...
Page 52
... wish to improve the art of making poison pleasant . Not long after the dram , may be expected the breakfast , a meal in which the Scots , whether of the lowlands or mountains , must be confessed to excel us . The tea and coffee are ...
... wish to improve the art of making poison pleasant . Not long after the dram , may be expected the breakfast , a meal in which the Scots , whether of the lowlands or mountains , must be confessed to excel us . The tea and coffee are ...
Page 69
... wish , was impatient of delay ; and had art and influence sufficient to engage several gentle- men in a plot against the laird's life . Something must be stipulated on both sides ; for they would not dip their hands in blood merely for ...
... wish , was impatient of delay ; and had art and influence sufficient to engage several gentle- men in a plot against the laird's life . Something must be stipulated on both sides ; for they would not dip their hands in blood merely for ...
Page 91
... and among other places , where oppression might produce a wish for new habitations , their emissaries would not fail to try their persuasions in the isles of Scot- land , where at the time when the clans were WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 91.
... and among other places , where oppression might produce a wish for new habitations , their emissaries would not fail to try their persuasions in the isles of Scot- land , where at the time when the clans were WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 91.
Page 96
... wish to go away . The traveller who comes hither from more opulent countries , to speculate upon the remains of pastoral life , will not much wonder that a common Highlander has no strong adherence to his native soil ; for of animal ...
... wish to go away . The traveller who comes hither from more opulent countries , to speculate upon the remains of pastoral life , will not much wonder that a common Highlander has no strong adherence to his native soil ; for of animal ...
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