The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... thought so . This , said he , is nothing to another a few miles off . I was still less delighted to hear that another tree was not to be seen nearer . Nay , said a gentleman that stood by , I know but of this and that tree in the county ...
... thought so . This , said he , is nothing to another a few miles off . I was still less delighted to hear that another tree was not to be seen nearer . Nay , said a gentleman that stood by , I know but of this and that tree in the county ...
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... thought proper to desist . Men skilled in architecture might do what we did not attempt ; they might probably form an exact ground - plot of this venerable edifice . They may from some parts yet standing conjecture its general form ...
... thought proper to desist . Men skilled in architecture might do what we did not attempt ; they might probably form an exact ground - plot of this venerable edifice . They may from some parts yet standing conjecture its general form ...
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... thought of this narration . We were in this place at ease and by choice , and had no evils to suffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial ...
... thought of this narration . We were in this place at ease and by choice , and had no evils to suffer or to fear ; yet the imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial ...
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... thought myself endangered . Having surmounted the hill at last , we were told , that at Glenelg , on the sea - side , we should come to a house of lime and slate and glass . This image of magnificence raised our expectation . At last we ...
... thought myself endangered . Having surmounted the hill at last , we were told , that at Glenelg , on the sea - side , we should come to a house of lime and slate and glass . This image of magnificence raised our expectation . At last we ...
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... thought it preferable to any English malt brandy . It was strong , but not pungent , and was free from the em- pyreumatick taste or smell . What was the process I had no opportunity of inquiring , nor do I wish to improve the art of ...
... thought it preferable to any English malt brandy . It was strong , but not pungent , and was free from the em- pyreumatick taste or smell . What was the process I had no opportunity of inquiring , nor do I wish to improve the art of ...
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