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" ... like cracked glass, but with one edge laid perhaps half an inch over the other. Their windows do not move upon hinges, but are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. "
Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal - Page 13
by Scottish Mountaineering Club - 1913
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pullies. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole^ to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pullies. He that would have his window upen must hold it with his hand, unless, what may be sometimes...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through ..., Volume 2

William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pages
...seldom accommodated with weights and pullics. He that would have his window open, must hold it with liis hand, unless what may be sometimes found among good...nail, which he may stick into a hole to keep it from fulling. These diminutive observations seem to take away something from the dignity of writing, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and Genius

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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Works, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 432 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...are pushed up and drawn down in grooves, yet they are seldom accommodated with weights and pulleys. He that would have his window open must hold it with...he may stick into a hole, to keep it from falling. What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient, will not often be done at...
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