 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pages
...operated in the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, — a people of peculiar appearance,...retain little now of their original character ; their ferosity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence... | |
 | 1816 - 658 pages
...a century ago, this keen observer of man remarked with regret,—' We came ' hither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar ' appearance, and a system of antiquated life: the clans re' tain little now of their original character; of what they had ' before the late conquest of their... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...Dr. Johnson went thither under the same impression. " We came thither," says he, " too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life ;" — " a longer journey than to the Highlands must be taken by him whose curiosity pants for savage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 pages
...operated in the Highlands by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance,...independence is depressed, their contempt of government is subdued, and their reverence for thenchiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...operated in the Highlands by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance,...their original character ; their ferocity of temper is softned, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pages
...Notwithstanding the novelties of their journey, Johnson said they had gone too late to the Hebrides to see a people of peculiar appearance and a system of antiquated life : " the Highlanders were fast losing their distinction, and hastening to mingle with the general community."... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pages
...passed with the battle of Culloden, and JOHNSON himself says — " We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life." " The Highlanders are fast losing their distinction, and hastening to mingle with the general community."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 pages
...too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of_ antiquated life_, The clans retain little now of their original character,...depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated. Of what they had before the late conquest of their country,... | |
 | Günther Blaicher - 1987 - 386 pages
...Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin, 1771), 197. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a System of antiquated fife. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened,... | |
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We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their... 
