 | Robert Anderson - College readers - 696 pages
...eloquent paslages which dwell on the memory, the reflection that introduces the account of Icolmkill, " once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence...benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion," is remarkable for its piety, pathos, and sublimity. " To abstract the mind from all local emotion would... | |
 | John Wain - Fiction - 1975 - 408 pages
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 | John Wain - Fiction - 1975 - 412 pages
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 | 1974 - 710 pages
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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... 
