The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... afford cover to a few soldiers , who perhaps had the charge of a battery , or were stationed to give signals of approach- ing danger . There is therefore no provision of water within the walls , though the spring is so near , that it ...
... afford cover to a few soldiers , who perhaps had the charge of a battery , or were stationed to give signals of approach- ing danger . There is therefore no provision of water within the walls , though the spring is so near , that it ...
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... afford little diversion to the traveller , who seldom sees him- self either encountered or overtaken , and who has nothing to contemplate but grounds that have no visible boun- daries , or are separated by walls of loose stone . From ...
... afford little diversion to the traveller , who seldom sees him- self either encountered or overtaken , and who has nothing to contemplate but grounds that have no visible boun- daries , or are separated by walls of loose stone . From ...
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... afford ample testimony of its ancient magnificence : its extent might , I suppose , easily be found by following the walls among the grass and weeds , and its height is known by some parts yet standing . The arch of one of the gates is ...
... afford ample testimony of its ancient magnificence : its extent might , I suppose , easily be found by following the walls among the grass and weeds , and its height is known by some parts yet standing . The arch of one of the gates is ...
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... afford . The journey was not formidable , for it was but of two days , very unequally divided , because the only house where we could be entertained was not farther off than a third of the way . We soon came to a high hill , which we ...
... afford . The journey was not formidable , for it was but of two days , very unequally divided , because the only house where we could be entertained was not farther off than a third of the way . We soon came to a high hill , which we ...
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... afford very little amusement to the traveller ; that it is easy to sit at home and conceive rocks , and heath , and waterfalls ; and that these journeys are useless labours , which neither impregnate the imagination , nor enlarge the ...
... afford very little amusement to the traveller ; that it is easy to sit at home and conceive rocks , and heath , and waterfalls ; and that these journeys are useless labours , which neither impregnate the imagination , nor enlarge the ...
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