The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... supplied partly by the torrents which fall into it on either side , and partly , as is supposed , by springs at the bottom . Its water is remarkably clear and pleasant , and is imagined by the natives WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 165.
... supplied partly by the torrents which fall into it on either side , and partly , as is supposed , by springs at the bottom . Its water is remarkably clear and pleasant , and is imagined by the natives WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 165.
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... supplied from Inverness with great convenience . We were now to cross the Highlands towards the western coast , and to content ourselves with such accommodations , as a way so little frequented could afford . The journey was not ...
... supplied from Inverness with great convenience . We were now to cross the Highlands towards the western coast , and to content ourselves with such accommodations , as a way so little frequented could afford . The journey was not ...
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... asked , some will be omitted . I forgot to inquire how they ' were supplied with so much exotick luxury . Per haps the French may bring them wine for wool , and the Dutch give them tea and coffee at the WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 199.
... asked , some will be omitted . I forgot to inquire how they ' were supplied with so much exotick luxury . Per haps the French may bring them wine for wool , and the Dutch give them tea and coffee at the WESTERN ISLANDS , & C . 199.
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... supplied from a stream , which runs by the rock , from two pleasing water - falls . Here we saw some traces of former manners , and heard some standing traditions . In the house is kept an ox's horn , hollowed so as to hold perhaps two ...
... supplied from a stream , which runs by the rock , from two pleasing water - falls . Here we saw some traces of former manners , and heard some standing traditions . In the house is kept an ox's horn , hollowed so as to hold perhaps two ...
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... supplied but for the day , and craving on the morrow , has left little room for excursive knowledge , or the pleasing fancies of distant profit . They have lately found a manufacture consider- ably lucrative . Their rocks abound with ...
... supplied but for the day , and craving on the morrow , has left little room for excursive knowledge , or the pleasing fancies of distant profit . They have lately found a manufacture consider- ably lucrative . Their rocks abound with ...
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Страница 317 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Страница 317 - ... dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves.
Страница 118 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Страница 72 - ... in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties to the simplicity of...
Страница 177 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Страница 69 - Acorns, so Men are by some unaccountable power driven one against another, till they lose their motion, that Vultures may be fed. Others think they have observed something of contrivance and policy among these...
Страница 59 - ... pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the sixtysecond year made me ashamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment.
Страница 43 - He that instructs must offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offor new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state with that of others. • The greater part of travellers tell nothing, because their method of travelling supplies them with nothing to be told.
Страница 197 - A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky; yet they are not a drunken race...
Страница 59 - Such was my scheme, and such has been its consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement ; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city ; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried ; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat.