10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WESTERN ISLANDS»
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Western Islands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland in 1773
Samuel Johnson. He has no public edifice for the exercise of his ministry, and
can officiate to no greater than a room can contain ; and the room of a hut is not
very large. This is all the opportunity of worship that is now granted to the
inhabitants ...
2
A Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland
Provisions, though plentiful, are sold in places of great pecuniary opulence for
nominal prices, to which, however scarce, where gold and silver are yet scarcer,
they can never be raised. In the Western Islands there is so little internal
commerce ...
3
A Trip to the Azores; or
Western Islands
M. Borges de F. HENRIQUES. l.- other islands. DISCOVERY OF THE ISLANDS.
13 year elapsed before Cabral discovered the contiguous island of St. Mary, only
fifteen miles to the northeast of Formigas. Some writers state that eight years ...
M. Borges de F. HENRIQUES, 1867
4
A Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal ...
Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, 2006
5
Journal of a tour in the Highlands and
Western islands of ...
John Leyden James Sinton. but the view from Corryarrick was neither great,
beautiful, nor picturesque. On the south it looked into the wild black region of
Badenoch, surmounting the heathy hills which separate it from the similar district
of ...
John Leyden, James Sinton, 1903
6
Journey to the Hebrides
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey.
7
To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western ...
These works contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also magnificent historical documents as well as portraits of two extraordinary men of letters.
Ronald Black, James Boswell, 2011
8
Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the ...
... whence the rush of water is sometimes heard. But there seems to be in all this
more alarm than danger. The Highlander walks carefully before, and the the
horse, accustomed to the ground, follows him with little WESTERN ISLANDS, &c.
a67 ...
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Alexander Chalmers, 1810
9
A Description of the
Western Islands of Scotland Including ...
ULVA,' GOMETRA, COLONSA, EORSA. WEnE it not for the purpose of
completing the mineralogical map of the Western isles, it would scarcely have
been necessary to mention tliese, since both in external aspect and structure,
they are ...
10
Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland
This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Anonymous, T. Cadell, A. Strahan, 2010
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WESTERN ISLANDS»
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On Sweden's rocky west coast, a solid setting for stories
... on Sweden's rocky west coast, I could look over the town's small harbor toward Danholmen, one of the 8,000 granite islands that make up the Western Islands, ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
25 things to do with the kids on Scotland's western islands
The west coast islands of Scotland make for a huge natural playground, offering some unforgettable family experiences that you and your children will cherish ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
Portfolio: John Carlos's The Western Islands
It was a particular pleasure therefore to hear that John Carlos's book The Western Islands (Collins Press) sold out shortly before Christmas. It's now been ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
Super-small boat cruises offer 2015 sailings to Scotland's western …
The company last year started taking visitors to the Hebrides islands off the west coast ... For more information on visiting the western islands -- you can also visit ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
Capturing a vanishing lifestyle on Ireland's western islands
John Carlos's book of photographs of Ireland's western islands is to be launched next Friday as part of the Inishbofin Arts Festival. Carlos became interested in ... «Irish Times, Apr 14»
