 | Great Britain. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1836 - 416 pages
...these islands. Well, therefore, might Dr. Johnson term lona " the luminary of the Caledonian region, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived...benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion." The fact is more extensively true than that great writer himself expected, for he was not profoundly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...subject, that we close our remarks by inserting the passage. — ":We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage dans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract... | |
 | University magazine - 1848 - 792 pages
...no question that lona deserves the eloquent compliment bestowed upon it hy Dr. Johnson, of being " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion." But there is also truth in what another elegant writer, Doctor Macculloeh, says — that the descriptions... | |
 | 1837 - 236 pages
...language, and spirit-stirring to those visiting the spot — " We are now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were... | |
 | James Cleland - 1837 - 172 pages
...from the summits of Ben Nevis and Ben Lomond— I have visited the " illustrious island from which savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion." (Cheers.) Yes, amid the ruins of lona " I have learned to abjure that frigid philosophy which would... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...occasion of his arrival at Icolmkill, the ancient lona : — " We are now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured ; and would... | |
 | 740 pages
...celebrated pasRage in Dr. Johnson's " Tour to the Hebrides" : " We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pages
...eighteenth century that Dr. Johnson thus eloquently wrote : ' We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...barbarians derived the Benefits of knowledge, and the blessngs of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be mpossible if it were endeavoured,... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 558 pages
...describes the emotions he felt on visiting this celebrated spot : " We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefit of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would... | |
 | Henry Joseph Monck Mason - 1838 - 212 pages
...animated terms his feelings, upon seeing a spot so renowned — describing it as "that illustrious island, " which was once the luminary of the Caledonian...regions, • whence savage clans and roving barbarians received the "benefit of knowledge, and the blessings of religion." This, especially when his jealousy... | |
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We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion... 
