The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... Queen is a Highland mode of expression . An Englishman would say one M'Queen . But John Hay , one of our guides , who had I yesterday expressed my wonder that where there are clans or tribes of men , distin- been pressed aboard a man of ...
... Queen is a Highland mode of expression . An Englishman would say one M'Queen . But John Hay , one of our guides , who had I yesterday expressed my wonder that where there are clans or tribes of men , distin- been pressed aboard a man of ...
Page 395
... Queen's knowledge of ety- visible for a good way from the entrance ; but Mr. M'Queen , with the keen eye of an antiquary , traced it much farther than I could perceive it . There is not above a foot and a half in height of the walls now ...
... Queen's knowledge of ety- visible for a good way from the entrance ; but Mr. M'Queen , with the keen eye of an antiquary , traced it much farther than I could perceive it . There is not above a foot and a half in height of the walls now ...
Page 404
... Queen always evaded the point of authenticity , saying on- ly that Mr. McPherson's pieces fell far short of those he knew in Erse , which were said to be Ossian's . JOHNSON . " I hope they do . I am not disputing that you may have ...
... Queen always evaded the point of authenticity , saying on- ly that Mr. McPherson's pieces fell far short of those he knew in Erse , which were said to be Ossian's . JOHNSON . " I hope they do . I am not disputing that you may have ...
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