The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... means incommodious . We tra- velled on with the gentle pace of a Scotch driver , who , having no rivals in expedition , neither gives himself nor his horses unnecessary trouble . We did not affect the im- patience we did not feel , but ...
... means incommodious . We tra- velled on with the gentle pace of a Scotch driver , who , having no rivals in expedition , neither gives himself nor his horses unnecessary trouble . We did not affect the im- patience we did not feel , but ...
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... mean , compose a square of two pieces , not joining like cracked glass , but with one edge laid perhaps half an inch over the other . Their windows do not move upon hinges , but are pushed up and drawn down in grooves , yet they are ...
... mean , compose a square of two pieces , not joining like cracked glass , but with one edge laid perhaps half an inch over the other . Their windows do not move upon hinges , but are pushed up and drawn down in grooves , yet they are ...
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... means . Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domes- tick life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses filthy as the ...
... means . Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domes- tick life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses filthy as the ...
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... mean and degenerate race . These prejudices are wearing fast away ; but so much of them still remains , that when I asked a very learned mi- nister in the islands , which they considered as their most savage clans : " Those , " said he ...
... mean and degenerate race . These prejudices are wearing fast away ; but so much of them still remains , that when I asked a very learned mi- nister in the islands , which they considered as their most savage clans : " Those , " said he ...
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... means of coming . The corn of this island is but little . I saw the harvest of a small field . The women reaped the corn , and the men bound up the sheaves . The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest - song ...
... means of coming . The corn of this island is but little . I saw the harvest of a small field . The women reaped the corn , and the men bound up the sheaves . The strokes of the sickle were timed by the modulation of the harvest - song ...
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