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Dr Johnson was so delighted with this scene, that he said, 'I know not how we shall get away. It entertained me to observe him sitting by, while we danced, sometimes in deep meditation, sometimes smiling complacently, sometimes looking upon Hooke's Roman History, and sometimes talking a little amidst the noise of the ball, to Mr Donald M'Queen, who anxiously gathered knowledge from him.
MR. BUTLER'S WARD. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. HOVENDEN, V.C. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. ELI'S CHILDREN. By G. MANVILLE FENN. A DOUBLE KNOT. By G. MANVILLE FENN. DISARMED. By M. BETHAM EDWARDS. A LOST ILLUSION. By LESLIE KEITH. A MARRIAGE AT SEA. By W. CLARK RUSSELL. IN TENT AND BUNGALOW. By the Author of 'Indian Idylls. MY STEWARDSHIP. By E. M'QUEEN GRAY. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN. By J.M. COBBAN.
'All lovers of animals should read Miss Benson's book. For sympathetic understanding, humorous criticism, and appreciative observation she certainly has not her equal. Manchester Guardian. GRAY. ELSA. A Novel. By E. M'QUEEN GRAY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'A charming novel. The characters are not only powerful sketches, but minutely and carefully finished portraits. Guardian.
M'Queen said, Asia Minor was peopled by Scythians, and, as they were the ancestors of the Celts, the same religion might be in Asia Minor and Sky. JOHNSON. 'Alas! Sir, what can a nation that has not letters tell of its original. I have always difficulty to be patient when I hear authours gravely quoted, as giving accounts of savage nations, which accounts they had from the savages themselves.
Alexander M'Queen, Tradd street, he was so frequently pressed to bumpers of old wine, that he found himself in a fair way to get drunk. 'Twas in vain he attempted to beat a retreat. The company swore, that that would never do for general Marion.
I have often been astonished with what exactness and perspicuity he will explain the process of any art. He this morning explained to us all the operation of coining, and, at night, all the operation of brewing, so very clearly, that Mr. M'Queen said, when he heard the first, he thought he had been bred in the Mint; when he heard the second, that he had been bred a brewer.
Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own . The tune resembled 'Owr the muir amang the heather'. The boatmen and Mr. M'Queen chorused, and all went well. At length Malcolm himself took an oar, and rowed vigorously. We sailed along the coast of Scalpa, a rugged island, about four miles in length. Dr.
Here we parted from our learned companion, Mr Donald M'Queen. Dr Johnson took leave of him very affectionately, saying, 'Dear sir, do not forget me! We settled, that he should write an account of the Isle of Sky, which Dr Johnson promised to revise. He said, Mr M'Queen should tell all that he could; distinguishing what he himself knew, what was traditional, and what conjectural.
In the dispute about Anaitis, Mr M'Queen said, Asia Minor was peopled by Scythians, and, as they were the ancestors of the Celts, the same religion might be in Asia Minor and Sky. JOHNSON. 'Alas! sir, what can a nation that has not letters tell of its original?
The house here was built of thick turfs, and thatched with thinner turfs and heath. It had three rooms in length, and a little room which projected. Where we sat, the side-walls were WAINSCOTTED, as Dr Johnson said, with wicker, very neatly plaited. Our landlord had made the whole with his own hands. After dinner, M'Queen sat by us a while, and talked with us.
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