The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... seen whatever this ancient city offered to our curiosity , we left it with good wishes , having reason to be highly pleased with the attention that was paid us . But whoever surveys the world must see many things that give him pain ...
... seen whatever this ancient city offered to our curiosity , we left it with good wishes , having reason to be highly pleased with the attention that was paid us . But whoever surveys the world must see many things that give him pain ...
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... seen a single tree , which I did not believe to have grown up far within the present century . Now and then about a gentle- man's house stands a small plantation , which in Scotch is called a policy , but of these there are few , and ...
... seen a single tree , which I did not believe to have grown up far within the present century . Now and then about a gentle- man's house stands a small plantation , which in Scotch is called a policy , but of these there are few , and ...
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... upon them from Slanes Castle . When we were about to take our leave , our departure was prohibited by the countess , till we should have seen two places upon the coast , which she rightly considered WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 15.
... upon them from Slanes Castle . When we were about to take our leave , our departure was prohibited by the countess , till we should have seen two places upon the coast , which she rightly considered WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 15.
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... seen a dark gulf of water which flows into the cavity , through a breach made in the lower part of the en- closing rock . It has the appearance of a vast well bor- dered with a wall . The edge of the Buller is not wide , and to those ...
... seen a dark gulf of water which flows into the cavity , through a breach made in the lower part of the en- closing rock . It has the appearance of a vast well bor- dered with a wall . The edge of the Buller is not wide , and to those ...
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... . Of flocks or herds there was no appearance . had now travelled two hundred miles in Scotland , and seen only one tree not younger than myself . I VOL . VI . BAMFF . We dined this day at the house of WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 17.
... . Of flocks or herds there was no appearance . had now travelled two hundred miles in Scotland , and seen only one tree not younger than myself . I VOL . VI . BAMFF . We dined this day at the house of WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 17.
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