 We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion...  The geography of the British Isles - Σελίδα 100των Mary Martha Rodwell - 1834Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 σελίδες
...eloquent passages Which dwell on the memory, the reflection that introduces the account of Icobnkilt, " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barharians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion," is remarkable for its... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 σελίδες
...6 but his own style being exceedingly dry and hard, he disapproved of ' " WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would... | |
 | Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 σελίδες
...very near the dry ground, and our Highlanders carried us over the water. We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 σελίδες
...very near the dry ground, and our Highlanders carried us over the water. We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 σελίδες
...very near the dry ground, and our Highlanders carried us over the water. We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would... | |
 | 1819 - 304 σελίδες
...expressive, breathes out the sentiments of the profoundest awe and reverence. " We were " now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of...roving barbarians, " derived the benefits of knowledge, anil the blessings of religion. Fitr " from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as... | |
 | James Playfair - 1819 - 462 σελίδες
...may be traced. Such is the present state of that illustrious island, ' which was once the seminary of ' the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and...benefits of knowledge and the ' blessings of religion. ' Staffa, about 8 miles northward of lona, and as far west of Loch-na-gaul, an islet on the coast of... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 820 σελίδες
...the greatest of mankind was not ashamed to avow ; '• we are now treading (says doctor Johnson) that illustrious island which was once the luminary of...whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the knowledge and the blessing* of the Parliamentary record!, and Bermiogbam lower r«cord«, no* jr. posited... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 372 σελίδες
...the greatest of mankind was not ashamed to avow ; " we are now treading (says doctor Johnson) that illustrious island which was once the luminary of...whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the knowledge and the blessings of (he Parliamentary records, and Bermingham toner records, now deposited... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 828 σελίδες
...mankind was not ashamed to avow : '• we are now treading (says doctor Johnson) tLat illustrious bland which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving1 barbarian? derived the knowledge and the blessings of I be Pirlmmentiry records, and Bcrmingbnm... | |
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