The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... often transported otherwise than by water . The carriages in common use are small carts , drawn each by one little horse ; and a man seems to derive some degree of dignity and importance from the reputation of possessing 2 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... often transported otherwise than by water . The carriages in common use are small carts , drawn each by one little horse ; and a man seems to derive some degree of dignity and importance from the reputation of possessing 2 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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... common abilities or acquisitions . The indiscriminate collation of degrees has justly taken away that respect which they originally claimed , as stamps by which the literary value of men so distinguished was authoritatively denoted ...
... common abilities or acquisitions . The indiscriminate collation of degrees has justly taken away that respect which they originally claimed , as stamps by which the literary value of men so distinguished was authoritatively denoted ...
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... common life . The manners of a people are not to be found in the schools of learning , or the palaces of greatness , where the national character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction , by philosophy or vanity ; nor is ...
... common life . The manners of a people are not to be found in the schools of learning , or the palaces of greatness , where the national character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction , by philosophy or vanity ; nor is ...
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... common tables , and when they had not kail they probably had nothing . The numbers that go barefoot are still sufficient to shew that shoes may be spared ; they are not yet considered as neces- saries of life ; for tall boys , not ...
... common tables , and when they had not kail they probably had nothing . The numbers that go barefoot are still sufficient to shew that shoes may be spared ; they are not yet considered as neces- saries of life ; for tall boys , not ...
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... common . There is , I think , a kirk in which only the Erse language is used . There is like- wise an English chapel , but meanly built , where on Sunday we saw a very decent congregation . We were now to bid farewell to the luxury of ...
... common . There is , I think , a kirk in which only the Erse language is used . There is like- wise an English chapel , but meanly built , where on Sunday we saw a very decent congregation . We were now to bid farewell to the luxury of ...
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