The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volum 4Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Pàgina 143
... M'Queen is a Highland mode of expression . An Englishman would say one M'Queen . But where there are clans or tribes of men , distinguished by patronymic surnames , the individuals of each are considered as if they were of different ...
... M'Queen is a Highland mode of expression . An Englishman would say one M'Queen . But where there are clans or tribes of men , distinguished by patronymic surnames , the individuals of each are considered as if they were of different ...
Pàgina 144
... M'Queen sat by us a while , and talked with us . He said , all the Laird of Glen- rison's people would bleed for him , if they were well used ; but that seventy men had gone out of the Glen to America . That he himself intended to 144 ...
... M'Queen sat by us a while , and talked with us . He said , all the Laird of Glen- rison's people would bleed for him , if they were well used ; but that seventy men had gone out of the Glen to America . That he himself intended to 144 ...
Pàgina 145
... M'Queen laird of Glenmorison , and the laird to go to America . M'Queen very generously answered , he should be sorry for it , for the laird could not shift for himself in America as he could do . I talked of the officers whom we had ...
... M'Queen laird of Glenmorison , and the laird to go to America . M'Queen very generously answered , he should be sorry for it , for the laird could not shift for himself in America as he could do . I talked of the officers whom we had ...
Pàgina 148
... M'Queen walked some miles to give us a convoy . He had , in 1745 , joined the Highland army at Fort Augustus , and continued in it till after the battle of Culloden . As he narrated the particulars of that ill - advised , but brave ...
... M'Queen walked some miles to give us a convoy . He had , in 1745 , joined the Highland army at Fort Augustus , and continued in it till after the battle of Culloden . As he narrated the particulars of that ill - advised , but brave ...
Pàgina 157
... M'Queen's , last night , he observed , that few were so well lodged in a ship . To - night , he said , we were better than if we had been upon the hill . He lay down buttoned up in his great coat . I had my sheets spread on the hay ...
... M'Queen's , last night , he observed , that few were so well lodged in a ship . To - night , he said , we were better than if we had been upon the hill . He lay down buttoned up in his great coat . I had my sheets spread on the hay ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volum 4 James Boswell Visualització completa - 1839 |
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