The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 147
... princes , were reposited in this venerable enclosure . But by whom the subterraneous vaults are peopled is now utterly un- known . The graves are very numerous , and some of them undoubtedly contain the remains of men , who did not ex ...
... princes , were reposited in this venerable enclosure . But by whom the subterraneous vaults are peopled is now utterly un- known . The graves are very numerous , and some of them undoubtedly contain the remains of men , who did not ex ...
Page 163
... princes , was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara , surrounded on every side by mountains , of which the summits overhang the middle part . The only passage , by which it could be entered , was a cavern that passed under a rock ...
... princes , was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara , surrounded on every side by mountains , of which the summits overhang the middle part . The only passage , by which it could be entered , was a cavern that passed under a rock ...
Page 164
... before the princes , in hope that they should pass their lives in this blissful captivity , to which those only were admitted , whose performance was thought able to add novelty to luxury . Such was the - 164 RASSELAS ,
... before the princes , in hope that they should pass their lives in this blissful captivity , to which those only were admitted , whose performance was thought able to add novelty to luxury . Such was the - 164 RASSELAS ,
Page 166
... princes had ever wished to enlarge their bounds , but passed their lives in full conviction that they had all within their reach that art or nature could bestow , and pitied those whom fate had excluded from this seat of tranquillity ...
... princes had ever wished to enlarge their bounds , but passed their lives in full conviction that they had all within their reach that art or nature could bestow , and pitied those whom fate had excluded from this seat of tranquillity ...
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... princes , the abode of happiness , might be violated by the sudden de- scent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea . " The prince promised secrecy , and waited for the per- formance , not wholly ...
... princes , the abode of happiness , might be violated by the sudden de- scent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea . " The prince promised secrecy , and waited for the per- formance , not wholly ...
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