The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... passed . On the eighteenth of August we left Edinburgh , a city too well known to admit description , and directed our course northward , along the eastern coast of Scotland , ac- companied the first day by another gentleman , who could ...
... passed . On the eighteenth of August we left Edinburgh , a city too well known to admit description , and directed our course northward , along the eastern coast of Scotland , ac- companied the first day by another gentleman , who could ...
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... passed through Kinghorn , Kirkaldy , and Cowpar , places not un- like the small or straggling market - towns in those parts of England where commerce and manufactures have not yet produced opulence . Though we were yet in the most ...
... passed through Kinghorn , Kirkaldy , and Cowpar , places not un- like the small or straggling market - towns in those parts of England where commerce and manufactures have not yet produced opulence . Though we were yet in the most ...
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... passed for a few yards between two hedges . A tree might be a show in Scotland , as a horse in Venice . At St. An- drews Mr. Boswell found only one , and recommended it to my notice ; I told him that it was rough and low , or looked as ...
... passed for a few yards between two hedges . A tree might be a show in Scotland , as a horse in Venice . At St. An- drews Mr. Boswell found only one , and recommended it to my notice ; I told him that it was rough and low , or looked as ...
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... passed in the publick profession of learning . An English or Irish doctorate cannot be obtained by a very young man , and it is reasonable to suppose , what is like- wise by experience commonly found true , that he who is by age ...
... passed in the publick profession of learning . An English or Irish doctorate cannot be obtained by a very young man , and it is reasonable to suppose , what is like- wise by experience commonly found true , that he who is by age ...
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... Passing on through the dreariness of solitude , we found a party of soldiers from the fort , working on the road under the superintendence of a sergeant . We told them how kindly we had been treated at the garrison , and as we were ...
... Passing on through the dreariness of solitude , we found a party of soldiers from the fort , working on the road under the superintendence of a sergeant . We told them how kindly we had been treated at the garrison , and as we were ...
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