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St. Andrews indeed has formerly suffered more atrocious ravages and more
extensive destruction ; but recent evils affect with greater force . We were
reconciled to the sight of archiepiscopal ruins . The distance of a calamity from
the present ...
St. Andrews indeed has formerly suffered more atrocious ravages and more
extensive destruction ; but recent evils affect with greater force . We were
reconciled to the sight of archiepiscopal ruins . The distance of a calamity from
the present ...
Page 9
They solicit silently , or very modestly , and therefore , though their behaviour may
strike with more force the heart of a stranger , they are certainly in danger of
missing the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an ...
They solicit silently , or very modestly , and therefore , though their behaviour may
strike with more force the heart of a stranger , they are certainly in danger of
missing the attention of their countrymen . Novelty has always some power ; an ...
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the force of novelty is by its own nature soon at an end ; the efficacy of outcry and
perseverance is permanent and certain . The road from Montrose exhibited a
continuation of the same appearances . The country is still naked , the hedges
are ...
the force of novelty is by its own nature soon at an end ; the efficacy of outcry and
perseverance is permanent and certain . The road from Montrose exhibited a
continuation of the same appearances . The country is still naked , the hedges
are ...
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The manufacture which forces itself upon a stranger ' s eye is that of knit -
stockings , on which the women of the lower class are visibly employed . In each
of these towns there is a college , or in stricter language an university ; for in both
there ...
The manufacture which forces itself upon a stranger ' s eye is that of knit -
stockings , on which the women of the lower class are visibly employed . In each
of these towns there is a college , or in stricter language an university ; for in both
there ...
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If the assailants either force the strait , or storm the summit , they gain only so
much ground ; their enemies are fled to take possession of the next rock , and the
pursuers stand at gaze , knowing neither where the ways of escape wind among
...
If the assailants either force the strait , or storm the summit , they gain only so
much ground ; their enemies are fled to take possession of the next rock , and the
pursuers stand at gaze , knowing neither where the ways of escape wind among
...
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| Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Cowie, 1825 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2009 |
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