 | James Boswell - 1823 - 492 halaman
...WE were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, dry and hard, he disapproved of the richness of Johnson's language, and of his frequent... | |
 | 1823 - 862 halaman
...bat celebrated island, " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions (as Dr Johnson expresses it), whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion." The name lona is derived from a Hebrew word signifying a dove, in allusion to his patron Columba, who... | |
 | 1823 - 750 halaman
...celebrated island, and was, as Dr. Johnson expresses it, " once the lumirutry of the Caledonian Regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of Religion." ]n this Island, and in this most celebrated seat of Religion, was the learned St. Cuthbert educated... | |
 | William Otter - 1824 - 700 halaman
...that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clansand roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge...religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion * He was drowned, a few months after Dr. Johnson's departure, off the rocks of Col ; owing to a sudden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 halaman
...We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 halaman
...We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 halaman
...no trace remains. " To abstract the mind from all local emotion," says an eminent British tourist, " would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would...possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 halaman
...celebrated island ; " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions," as Dr. Johnson expresses it : " whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion." .- ~ It is three miles long, and from half a mile to a mile broad. On the east side it is flat ; in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 halaman
..."We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions; whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...To abstract the mind from all local emotion would he impossible, if it were endeavoured; and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 halaman
...We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotions would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever... | |
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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... 
