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... produced opu- lence . Though we were yet in the most popu- lous part of Scotland , and at fo small a distance from the capital , we met few paf- fengers . The The roads are neither rough nor dirty ; and it 4 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... produced opu- lence . Though we were yet in the most popu- lous part of Scotland , and at fo small a distance from the capital , we met few paf- fengers . The The roads are neither rough nor dirty ; and it 4 A JOURNEY TO THE.
Page 39
... produced the idea of infurmountable confinement . The interception of ail lateral light caufed a difmal gloom . Round us was a perpen- dicular rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of water . If I had any ...
... produced the idea of infurmountable confinement . The interception of ail lateral light caufed a difmal gloom . Round us was a perpen- dicular rock , above us the distant sky , and below an unknown profundity of water . If I had any ...
Page 83
... produced by the accumu- lation of innumerable ftreams that fall in rainy weather from the hills , and burft- ing away ... produce many fish . The rapidity of the wintry deluge sweeps them away , and the fcantinefs of the fum- mer ftream ...
... produced by the accumu- lation of innumerable ftreams that fall in rainy weather from the hills , and burft- ing away ... produce many fish . The rapidity of the wintry deluge sweeps them away , and the fcantinefs of the fum- mer ftream ...
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... for the manners of mountaineers are com- monly savage , but they are rather produced by their fituation than derived from their ancestors . Such Such seems to be the difpofition of man , that WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 95.
... for the manners of mountaineers are com- monly savage , but they are rather produced by their fituation than derived from their ancestors . Such Such seems to be the difpofition of man , that WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 95.
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... produces rivalry . England , before other causes of enmity were found , was difturbed for fome centuries by the contefts of the northern and fouthern counties ; fo that at Oxford , the peace of study could for a long time be preserved ...
... produces rivalry . England , before other causes of enmity were found , was difturbed for fome centuries by the contefts of the northern and fouthern counties ; fo that at Oxford , the peace of study could for a long time be preserved ...
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Page 346 - 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...
Page 193 - Length of life is distributed impartially, to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...
Page 87 - 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.
Page 106 - Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.
Page 276 - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth ; he will always love it better than inquiry : and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
Page 383 - Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot but be conscious that. my thoughts on national manners, are the thoughts of one who has seen but little.
Page 36 - Castle, built upon the margin of the sea, so that the walls of one of the towers seem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock, the foot of which is beaten by the waves.
Page 252 - Strong reasons for incredulity will readily occur. This faculty of seeing things out of sight is local, and commonly useless. It is a breach of the common order of things, without any visible reason or perceptible benefit. It is ascribed only to a people very little enlightened; and among them, for the most part, to the mean and ignorant.
Page 248 - Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.
Page 254 - Boyle has been able to resist ; that sudden impressions, which the event has verified, have been felt by more than own or publish them ; that the Second Sight of the Hebrides...