The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4J. Murray, 1839 - Authors, English |
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Page 174
... Malcolm Macleod , one of the Rasay family , celebrated in the year 1745-6 . He was now sixty - two years of age , hale , and well - pro- portioned , with a manly countenance , tanned by the weather , yet having a ruddiness in his cheeks ...
... Malcolm Macleod , one of the Rasay family , celebrated in the year 1745-6 . He was now sixty - two years of age , hale , and well - pro- portioned , with a manly countenance , tanned by the weather , yet having a ruddiness in his cheeks ...
Page 175
... Malcolm song , the chorus of which was foam eri , " with words of his own . sembled " Owr the muir amang the heather . " The boatmen and Mr. M'Queen chorused , and all went well . At length Malcolm himself took an oar , and rowed ...
... Malcolm song , the chorus of which was foam eri , " with words of his own . sembled " Owr the muir amang the heather . " The boatmen and Mr. M'Queen chorused , and all went well . At length Malcolm himself took an oar , and rowed ...
Page 182
... Malcolm , and I , went out with guns , to try if we could find any black- cock ; but we had no sport , owing to a heavy rain . I saw here what is called a Danish fort . Our even- ing was passed as last night was . One of our com- pany ...
... Malcolm , and I , went out with guns , to try if we could find any black- cock ; but we had no sport , owing to a heavy rain . I saw here what is called a Danish fort . Our even- ing was passed as last night was . One of our com- pany ...
Page 183
... Malcolm Macleod , who had obligingly promised to accompany me , was at my bedside between five and six . I sprang up immediately ; and he and I , attended by two other gentlemen , traversed the country during the whole of this day ...
... Malcolm Macleod , who had obligingly promised to accompany me , was at my bedside between five and six . I sprang up immediately ; and he and I , attended by two other gentlemen , traversed the country during the whole of this day ...
Page 186
... Malcolm thought them to be false sen- tinels , a common deception , of which instances occur in Martin , to make invaders imagine an island better guarded . Mr. Donald M'Queen justly , in my opinion , supposed the crosses which form the ...
... Malcolm thought them to be false sen- tinels , a common deception , of which instances occur in Martin , to make invaders imagine an island better guarded . Mr. Donald M'Queen justly , in my opinion , supposed the crosses which form the ...
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