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... inhabitants of the inland parts come to be supplied with what they cannot make
for themselves : hither the young nymphs of the mountains and valleys are sent
for education , and as far as my observation has reached , are not sent in vain .
... inhabitants of the inland parts come to be supplied with what they cannot make
for themselves : hither the young nymphs of the mountains and valleys are sent
for education , and as far as my observation has reached , are not sent in vain .
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The mountains have red deer , but they came not within view ; and if what is said
of their vigilance and subtlety be true , they have some claim to that palm of
wisdom , which the eastern philosopher , whom Alexander interrogated , gave to
...
The mountains have red deer , but they came not within view ; and if what is said
of their vigilance and subtlety be true , they have some claim to that palm of
wisdom , which the eastern philosopher , whom Alexander interrogated , gave to
...
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The country at the bridge strikes the imagination with all the gloom and grandeur
of Siberian solitude . The way makes a flexure , and the mountains , covered with
trees , rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to ...
The country at the bridge strikes the imagination with all the gloom and grandeur
of Siberian solitude . The way makes a flexure , and the mountains , covered with
trees , rise at once on the left hand and in the front . We desired our guides to ...
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tom ; and we were left to exercise our thoughts , by endeavouring to conceive the
effect of a thousand streams poured from the mountains into one channel ,
struggling for expansion in a narrow passage , exasperated by rocks rising in
their ...
tom ; and we were left to exercise our thoughts , by endeavouring to conceive the
effect of a thousand streams poured from the mountains into one channel ,
struggling for expansion in a narrow passage , exasperated by rocks rising in
their ...
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I do not remember that we saw any animals , but we were told , that in the
mountains , there are stags , roebucks , goats , and rabbits . We did not perceive
that this tract was possessed by human beings , except that once we saw a corn -
field ...
I do not remember that we saw any animals , but we were told , that in the
mountains , there are stags , roebucks , goats , and rabbits . We did not perceive
that this tract was possessed by human beings , except that once we saw a corn -
field ...
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| Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Cowie, 1825 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2009 |
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