The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... received would have been a sufficient recompence for a much greater deviation . The roads beyond Edinburgh , as they are less fre- quented , must be expected to grow gradually rougher ; but they were hitherto by no means incommodious ...
... received would have been a sufficient recompence for a much greater deviation . The roads beyond Edinburgh , as they are less fre- quented , must be expected to grow gradually rougher ; but they were hitherto by no means incommodious ...
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... received as customary and due , and was neither elated by it , nor confused , but repaid my civilities without em- barrassment , and told me how much I honoured her coun- try by coming to survey it . She had been at Inverness to gain ...
... received as customary and due , and was neither elated by it , nor confused , but repaid my civilities without em- barrassment , and told me how much I honoured her coun- try by coming to survey it . She had been at Inverness to gain ...
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... received with great eagerness . Yet I have been since told , that the people of that valley are not indigent ; and when we mentioned them afterwards as needy and pitiable , a Highland lady let us know , that we might spare our ...
... received with great eagerness . Yet I have been since told , that the people of that valley are not indigent ; and when we mentioned them afterwards as needy and pitiable , a Highland lady let us know , that we might spare our ...
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... received first the Saxon , and in some degree afterwards the French , and then formed a third language between them . That the primitive manners are continued where the primitive language is spoken , no nation will desire me to suppose ...
... received first the Saxon , and in some degree afterwards the French , and then formed a third language between them . That the primitive manners are continued where the primitive language is spoken , no nation will desire me to suppose ...
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... received , neither plenty nor delicacy is wanting . A tract of land so thinly inha- bited must have much wild fowl ; and I scarcely remember to have seen a dinner without them . The moorgame is every where to be had . That the sea ...
... received , neither plenty nor delicacy is wanting . A tract of land so thinly inha- bited must have much wild fowl ; and I scarcely remember to have seen a dinner without them . The moorgame is every where to be had . That the sea ...
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