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Johnson to talk, that I might not have the labour of writing down his conversation. He enquired here if there were any remains of the second sight . Mr. M'Pherson, Minister of Slate, said, he was resolved not to believe it, because it was founded on no principle . JOHNSON. 'There are many things then, which we are sure are true, that you will not believe.
In the last round, the Scotchmen, although playing against a good breeze, had it all to themselves, and scored other three points by Messrs. M'Pherson, Ker, and Kaye. In giving short sketches of the International eleven, I have only to deal with eight of the players, as Messrs.
Very rough in tackling, he, above all others in the club, was severe on the opposing forwards. ~J. M'Pherson.~ Among the Vale of Leven back division, which was so powerful long ago, none was more devoted to the game than Mr. M'Pherson, who held his place for several years as one of the backs of whom Caledonia felt proud. John Ferguson, the best-natured footballer in Dumbartonshire.
Dr Johnson looked at a Latin paraphrase of the song of Moses, written by him, and published in the Scots Magazine for 1747, and said, 'It does him honour; he has a great deal of Latin, and good Latin. Dr M'Pherson published also in the same magazine, June 1739, an original Latin ode, which he wrote from the Isle of Barra, where he was minister for some years.
Then the grand feast, and such dancing, and deray, and firing of cannons, and waving of flags, was never seen!" "'And all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again." "Just so, guid auld Burgher lad," rejoined Mrs. M'Pherson. "They had only been a few months married, when Mr.
Johnson looked at a Latin paraphrase of the song of Moses, written by him, and published in the Scots Magazine for 1747, and said, 'It does him honour; he has a good deal of Latin, and good Latin. Dr. M'Pherson published also in the same magazine, June 1739, an original Latin ode, which he wrote from the isle of Barra, where he was minister for some years.
Now there's the other day, when you went to ride with Miss Gordon and her brother, and Miss M'Pherson and her brother I heard you say you were not sorry to get home. Now, where will you find pleasanter young people?" "Why don't you like them, Ellen?" said Mrs. Lindsay. "I do like them, Ma'am, tolerably." "What does 'tolerably' mean?"
It is a pretty good house, built by his father, upon a farm near the church. We were received here with much kindness by Mr. and Mrs. M'Pherson, and his sister, Miss M'Pherson, who pleased Dr. Johnson much, by singing Erse songs, and playing on the guittar. He afterwards sent her a present of his Rasselas.
Mr M'Pherson, Minister of Slate, said, he was RESOLVED not to believe it, because it was founded on no principle. JOHNSON. 'There are many things then, which we are sure are true, that you will not believe. What principle is there, why a loadstone attracts iron? Why an egg produces a chicken by heat? Why a tree grows upwards, when the natural tendency of all things is downwards?
Possessing great speed and judgment, M'Pherson was a very neat and steady player, and for two seasons at anyrate, a star among all the Renfrewshire forwards. A sketch of an International, cup tie, or, in fact, a first-class contest of any kind ten years ago, would be altogether incomplete without some reference to Mr. George Ker, now abroad.
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