The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 297
... head of either family dies , his sword is given to the head of the other . The present Rasay has the late Sir James Macdonald's sword . Old Rasay joined the Highland army in 1745 , but prudently guarded against a forfeiture , by ...
... head of either family dies , his sword is given to the head of the other . The present Rasay has the late Sir James Macdonald's sword . Old Rasay joined the Highland army in 1745 , but prudently guarded against a forfeiture , by ...
Page 330
... head , and that the same word has , in Wales , the signification of a white - headed wench ( pen head , and guin white ) , by way of ridicule , concludes that the people of those straits are Welsh . " A young gentleman of the name of M ...
... head , and that the same word has , in Wales , the signification of a white - headed wench ( pen head , and guin white ) , by way of ridicule , concludes that the people of those straits are Welsh . " A young gentleman of the name of M ...
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... head , Sir ? " " No , Madam , " said he , with a tone of surprise and anger . ' " It is bere , Sir , " said she , supposing he had refused it to save the trouble of bringing it in . They thus went on at cross purposes , till he con ...
... head , Sir ? " " No , Madam , " said he , with a tone of surprise and anger . ' " It is bere , Sir , " said she , supposing he had refused it to save the trouble of bringing it in . They thus went on at cross purposes , till he con ...
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