The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... church pro- faned and hastening to the ground . St. Andrews , indeed , has formerly suffered more atro- cious ravages and more extensive destruction ; but recent evils affect with greater force . We were reconciled to the sight of ...
... church pro- faned and hastening to the ground . St. Andrews , indeed , has formerly suffered more atro- cious ravages and more extensive destruction ; but recent evils affect with greater force . We were reconciled to the sight of ...
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... church , clean to a degree unknown in any other part of Scotland , with commodious galleries , and , what was yet less expected , with an organ . At our inn we did not find a reception such as we thought proportionate to the commercial ...
... church , clean to a degree unknown in any other part of Scotland , with commodious galleries , and , what was yet less expected , with an organ . At our inn we did not find a reception such as we thought proportionate to the commercial ...
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... church of England , is in Scotland legally practised in licensed chapels , served by elergymen of English or Irish ordination , and , by tacit connivance , quietly permitted in separate congregations , supplied with ministers by the ...
... church of England , is in Scotland legally practised in licensed chapels , served by elergymen of English or Irish ordination , and , by tacit connivance , quietly permitted in separate congregations , supplied with ministers by the ...
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... church is a mass of fragments . A paper was here put into our hands , which deduced from sufficient authorities the history of this venerable ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the c 2 ELGIN . 19.
... church is a mass of fragments . A paper was here put into our hands , which deduced from sufficient authorities the history of this venerable ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the c 2 ELGIN . 19.
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Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the intestine tumults of the barbarous ... churches must have borne so small a proportion to any military expense , that it is hard not to believe the reason ...
Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. ruin . The church of Elgin had , in the intestine tumults of the barbarous ... churches must have borne so small a proportion to any military expense , that it is hard not to believe the reason ...
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Page 119 - 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 would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Page 461 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Page 435 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 323 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but righteousness delivereth from death.
Page 173 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Page 196 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year ; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me, without leaving any impression.
Page 233 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 1 - I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey by finding in Mr Boswell a companion whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel in countries less hospitable than we have passed.
Page 277 - Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 460 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.