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Martin Martin

 

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Martin Martin : Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, A

'In late 1808 S[ara] H[utchinson] copied the description of the gawlin from [Martin] Martin, pp.71-2, into C[oleridge]'s notebook ... '

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sara Hutchinson      Print: Book

  

Martin Martin : Description of the Western Islands of Scotland

'He told me, that his father had put Martin's account of those islands into his hands when he was very young, and that he was highly pleased with it; that he was particularly struck with the St. Kilda man's notion that the high church of Glasgow had been hollowed out of a rock; a circumstance to which old Mr. Johnson had directed his attention.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book

  

Martin Martin : Description of the Western Islands of Scotland

'He told me, that his father had put Martin's account of those islands into his hands when he was very young, and that he was highly pleased with it; that he was particularly struck with the St. Kilda man's notion that the high church of Glasgow had been hollowed out of a rock; a circumstance to which old Mr. Johnson had directed his attention.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Michael Johnson      Print: Book

  

Martin Martin :  Description of the Western Isles of Scotland

'I had lent him "An Account of Scotland, in 1702," written by a man of various enquiry, an English chaplain to a regiment stationed there. JOHNSON. "It is sad stuff, Sir, miserably written, as books in general then were. There is now an elegance of style universally diffused. No man now writes so ill as Martin's "Account of the Hebrides" is written, A man could not write so ill, if he should try. Set a merchant's clerk now to write, and he'll do better".'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book

 

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