The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... Rasay , where they will meet with a most hearty welcome , and where Macleod , being on a visit , now attends their motions . " Wednesday afternoon . " This card was most agreeable ; it was a prologue to that hospitable and truly polite ...
... Rasay , where they will meet with a most hearty welcome , and where Macleod , being on a visit , now attends their motions . " Wednesday afternoon . " This card was most agreeable ; it was a prologue to that hospitable and truly polite ...
Page 383
... Rasay showed him the operation of wawking cloth , that is , thickening it in the same manner as is done by a mill . Here it is performed by wo- men , who kneel upon the ground , and rub it with both their hands , singing an Erse song ...
... Rasay showed him the operation of wawking cloth , that is , thickening it in the same manner as is done by a mill . Here it is performed by wo- men , who kneel upon the ground , and rub it with both their hands , singing an Erse song ...
Page 546
... Rasay the plan of conveying the wanderer to where old Rasay was ; but was told that old Rasay had fled to Knoidart , a part of Glengar- ry's estate . There was then a dilemma what should be done . Donald Roy proposed that he should ...
... Rasay the plan of conveying the wanderer to where old Rasay was ; but was told that old Rasay had fled to Knoidart , a part of Glengar- ry's estate . There was then a dilemma what should be done . Donald Roy proposed that he should ...
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