The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an unaccustomed mode of begging excites an unaccustomed degree of pity . But the force of novelty is by its own nature soon WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 9.
... the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an unaccustomed mode of begging excites an unaccustomed degree of pity . But the force of novelty is by its own nature soon WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 9.
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... soon turned our eyes to the Buller , or Bouilloir of Buchan , which no man can see with indif- ference , who has either sense of danger , or delight in rarity . It is a rock perpendicularly tubulated , united on one side with a high ...
... soon turned our eyes to the Buller , or Bouilloir of Buchan , which no man can see with indif- ference , who has either sense of danger , or delight in rarity . It is a rock perpendicularly tubulated , united on one side with a high ...
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... soon at leisure to examine the place with minute inspection , and found many cavities which , as the watermen told us , went backward to a depth which they had never explored . Their extent we had not time to try ; they are said to ...
... soon at leisure to examine the place with minute inspection , and found many cavities which , as the watermen told us , went backward to a depth which they had never explored . Their extent we had not time to try ; they are said to ...
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... the manual arts , to have excelled in ornamental knowledge , and to have wanted not only the elegancies , but the conveniencies of common life . Literature , soon after its revival , found its way WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 23.
... the manual arts , to have excelled in ornamental knowledge , and to have wanted not only the elegancies , but the conveniencies of common life . Literature , soon after its revival , found its way WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 23.
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With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. Literature , soon after its revival , found its way to Scotland , and from the middle of the sixteenth century , almost to the middle of the seventeenth , the politer studies were very diligently ...
With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. Literature , soon after its revival , found its way to Scotland , and from the middle of the sixteenth century , almost to the middle of the seventeenth , the politer studies were very diligently ...
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