The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... religion , performed in a domestic group on the rugged island of Inch Kenneth , has , perhaps , been seldom surpassed . -We need scarcely allude to his heart - thrilling meditations among the ruins of Iona , nor to his exquisite picture ...
... religion , performed in a domestic group on the rugged island of Inch Kenneth , has , perhaps , been seldom surpassed . -We need scarcely allude to his heart - thrilling meditations among the ruins of Iona , nor to his exquisite picture ...
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... religion in Scotland , eager and vehe- ment as it was , raised an epidemical enthusiasm , com- pounded of sullen scrupulousness and warlike ferocity , which , in a people whom idleness resigned to their own thoughts , and who ...
... religion in Scotland , eager and vehe- ment as it was , raised an epidemical enthusiasm , com- pounded of sullen scrupulousness and warlike ferocity , which , in a people whom idleness resigned to their own thoughts , and who ...
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... religion must in time be the consequence ; for while the publick acts of the ministry are now performed in houses , a very small number can be present ; and as the greater part of the islanders make no use of books , all must ...
... religion must in time be the consequence ; for while the publick acts of the ministry are now performed in houses , a very small number can be present ; and as the greater part of the islanders make no use of books , all must ...
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... religion of a country enforces consecrated buildings , the number of those build- ings may be supposed to afford some indication , however uncertain , of the populousness of the place ; but where , by a change of manners , a nation is ...
... religion of a country enforces consecrated buildings , the number of those build- ings may be supposed to afford some indication , however uncertain , of the populousness of the place ; but where , by a change of manners , a nation is ...
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... religion they should profess . When the Scots first rose in arms against the succes- sion of the house of Hanover , Lovat , the chief of the Frasers , was in exile for a rape . The Frasers were very umerous , and very zealous against ...
... religion they should profess . When the Scots first rose in arms against the succes- sion of the house of Hanover , Lovat , the chief of the Frasers , was in exile for a rape . The Frasers were very umerous , and very zealous against ...
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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.