 | Charles Richard Weld - 1860 - 452 σελίδες
...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,...I first conceived the thought of this narration." * The late rain gave a voice to every gorge, through which torrents rushed, and many waterfalls streamed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, " We congratulate... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1873 - 644 σελίδες
...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 notion of this narration." Mr. Geikie thus writes of it : — " Perhaps the defile of Glen Shiel in... | |
 | 1882 - 598 σελίδες
...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 notion of this narrative.' It was a considerable number of years before the above descriptions were... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 σελίδες
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, " We congratulate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 454 σελίδες
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, " We congratulate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 σελίδες
...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,...here I first conceived the thought of this narration 2. n. ix. 3e. • • THE night came on while we had yet a great part of the way to go, though not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 σελίδες
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Critical Reviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, " We congratulate... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 480 σελίδες
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration." The Critical Keviewers, with a spirit and expression worthy of the subject, say, << We congratulate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 480 σελίδες
...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...I first conceived the thought of this narration.' Johnson's Works, ix. 36. For my attempt to discover this stream, see Footsteps of Dr. Johnson in Scotland,... | |
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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,... 
