The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... morning we arose to perambulate a city , which only history shews to have once flourished , and surveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to pre- serve them ...
... morning we arose to perambulate a city , which only history shews to have once flourished , and surveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to pre- serve them ...
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... morning , and found it well built , airy , and clean . The town - house is a handsome fabric with a portico . We then went to view the English chapel , and found a small church , clean to a degree unknown in any other part of Scotland ...
... morning , and found it well built , airy , and clean . The town - house is a handsome fabric with a portico . We then went to view the English chapel , and found a small church , clean to a degree unknown in any other part of Scotland ...
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... morning we continued our journey , pleased with our reception at Slanes Castle , of which we had now lei- sure to recount the grandeur and the elegance ; for our way afforded us few topicks of conversation . The ground was neither ...
... morning we continued our journey , pleased with our reception at Slanes Castle , of which we had now lei- sure to recount the grandeur and the elegance ; for our way afforded us few topicks of conversation . The ground was neither ...
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... morning , and having breakfasted at Cullen , about noon came to Elgin , where , in the inn that we supposed the best , a dinner was set before us , which we could not eat . This was the first time , and , except one , the last , that I ...
... morning , and having breakfasted at Cullen , about noon came to Elgin , where , in the inn that we supposed the best , a dinner was set before us , which we could not eat . This was the first time , and , except one , the last , that I ...
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... morning entered upon the road on which Macbeth heard the fatal prediction ; but we travelled on not interrupted by promises of king- doms , and came to Nirn , a royal burgh , which , if once it flourished , is now in a state of ...
... morning entered upon the road on which Macbeth heard the fatal prediction ; but we travelled on not interrupted by promises of king- doms , and came to Nirn , a royal burgh , which , if once it flourished , is now in a state of ...
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