 | George Horne, William Jones - 1846 - 478 trang
...sect. 33. 59. Dr. Johnson thus speaks of his situation at Rausay : " Such a seat of hospitality amidst the winds and waters fills the imagination with a...the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dancing !" Apply this to... | |
 | 1875 - 930 trang
...of the chief, Macleod of Raasay. The doctor was charmed with his reception. " Without," he said, " is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm ; within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance. In Raasay, if I could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 trang
...the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a...the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance. In Raasay, if I could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 trang
...the Laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a...the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm :\ within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song ana the dance. In Raasay, if I... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 trang
...except the Laird and his family" ( JWI 53-54). The distinction between inside and outside is extreme: "Without is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating billows, and the howling storm: within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance" (JWI 54). At this... | |
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Raasay has little that can detain a traveller, except the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images. Without is the... 
