The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... hand , unless , what may be sometimes found among good contrivers , there be a nail which he may stick into a hole , to keep it from falling . What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient , will not often be ...
... hand , unless , what may be sometimes found among good contrivers , there be a nail which he may stick into a hole , to keep it from falling . What cannot be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient , will not often be ...
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... hand , and she was willing enough to display her whole system of Ĺ“conomy . She has five chil- dren , of which none are yet gone from her . The eldest , a boy of thirteen , and her husband , who is eighty years old , were at work in the ...
... hand , and she was willing enough to display her whole system of Ĺ“conomy . She has five chil- dren , of which none are yet gone from her . The eldest , a boy of thirteen , and her husband , who is eighty years old , were at work in the ...
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... hands , and for what is necessary to be bought , her kids and her chickens are sent to market . With the true pastoral ... hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the Fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged ...
... hands , and for what is necessary to be bought , her kids and her chickens are sent to market . With the true pastoral ... hand and in the front . We desired our guides to shew us the Fall , and dismounting , clambered over very rugged ...
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... hand . These currents , in their diminished state , after several dry months , afford , to one who has always lived in level coun- tries , an unusual and delightful spectacle ; but in the rainy season , such as every winter may be ...
... hand . These currents , in their diminished state , after several dry months , afford , to one who has always lived in level coun- tries , an unusual and delightful spectacle ; but in the rainy season , such as every winter may be ...
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... hand and foot , and set them adrift . Macleod landed upon Egg , and demanded the offenders ; but the inhabitants refusing to surrender them , retreated to a cavern , into which they thought their enemies unlikely to follow them ...
... hand and foot , and set them adrift . Macleod landed upon Egg , and demanded the offenders ; but the inhabitants refusing to surrender them , retreated to a cavern , into which they thought their enemies unlikely to follow them ...
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