 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 602 pages
...unfermented. They make only cakes, and never mould a loaf. A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears...abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which they call a shall:. The word whisky signifies water, and is applied by way of eminence to strong water, or distilled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 pages
...unfermented. They make only cakes, and never mould a loaf. A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears...at least I never was present at much intemperance; bnj no man is so abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which they call a skalk. The word whisky... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 510 pages
...women's diet I can give no account, sat soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whiskey ; yet they are not a drunken race, at least I never...abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which they call a akalk. The word whiskey signifies water, and is applied by way of eminence to strong water, or distilled... | |
 | John Jamieson - English language - 1825 - 722 pages
...mctiri consueverunt. Verel. Ind. SKALK, s. A bumper of whisky taken by the Hebridians, in the morning. " They are not a drunken race, at least I never was...refuse the morning dram, which they call a skalk." Journey West Isl. Johnson's Works, viii. 270, 271. Gael, sgailc, id. But the term was probably left... | |
 | John Mayne - 1836 - 286 pages
...cheese- and-hread4 and ham, Laid the foundation for a dram. " A man of the Hehrides," says Dr. Johnson, " as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky ; yet they are not a drunken race; hut no man is so ahstemious as to refuse the morning-dram. Not long after the dram may he expected... | |
 | John Mayne - Scottish poetry - 1836 - 294 pages
...cheese-and-bread, and ham, Laid the foundation for a dram. " A man of the Hebrides," says Dr. Johnson, " as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky ; yet they are not a drunken race ; but no man is so abstemious as to refuse the morning-dram. Not long after the dram may be expected... | |
 | John Jamieson - English language - 1879 - 912 pages
...mctiri consucverunt. Vercl. lud. SKALK, a. A bumper of whiskey taken by the Hebridians, in the morning. "They are not a drunken race, at least I never was...abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which they call a tkrtlk." Journey West. Ы., Johnson's Works, viii. 270, 271. Gael, eyailc, id. But the term was probably... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1902 - 546 pages
...the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account," writes the tea-drinking Dr. Johnson, " as soon as he appears in the morning swallows a glass...abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which they call a skulk. The word whisky (uisge) signifies water, and is applied by way of eminence to strong water or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1906 - 270 pages
...unfermented. They make only cakes, and never mould a loaf. A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears...glass of whisky ; yet they are not a drunken race, ah least I never was present at much intemperance ; but no man is so abstemious as to refuse the morning... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth, Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - English literature - 1915 - 228 pages
...bagpipe '. The social life of the inhabitants was scrutinized closely. 'A man of the Hebrides, ... as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky' was one of his dicta. Another observation of the old man was that, 'if an epicure could remove by a... | |
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A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky; yet they are not a drunken race... 
