The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6 |
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... not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows
grazes annually upon it in the summer . It seems never to have afforded to man or
beast a permanent habitation . VOL . VI . B Wė . fötind only the ruins of a small fort
.
... not wholly bare of grass , and very fertile of thistles . A small herd of cows
grazes annually upon it in the summer . It seems never to have afforded to man or
beast a permanent habitation . VOL . VI . B Wė . fötind only the ruins of a small fort
.
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It seems never to have been intended as a place of strength , nor was built to
endure a siege , but merely to afford cover to a few soldiers , who perhaps had
the charge of a battery , or were stationed to give signals of approaching danger .
It seems never to have been intended as a place of strength , nor was built to
endure a siege , but merely to afford cover to a few soldiers , who perhaps had
the charge of a battery , or were stationed to give signals of approaching danger .
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St. Andrews seems to be a place eminently adapted to study and education ,
being situated in a populous , yet a cheap country , and exposing the minds and
manners of young men neither to the levity and dissoluteness of a capital city ,
nor to ...
St. Andrews seems to be a place eminently adapted to study and education ,
being situated in a populous , yet a cheap country , and exposing the minds and
manners of young men neither to the levity and dissoluteness of a capital city ,
nor to ...
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The distance of a calamity from the present time seems to preclude the mind from
contact or sympathy . Events long past are barely known ; they are not
considered . We read with as little emotion the violence of Knox and his followers
, as the ...
The distance of a calamity from the present time seems to preclude the mind from
contact or sympathy . Events long past are barely known ; they are not
considered . We read with as little emotion the violence of Knox and his followers
, as the ...
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Established custom is not easily broken , till some great event shakes the whole
system of things , and life seems to recommence upon new principles . That
before the Union the Scots had little trade and little money , is no valid apology ;
for ...
Established custom is not easily broken , till some great event shakes the whole
system of things , and life seems to recommence upon new principles . That
before the Union the Scots had little trade and little money , is no valid apology ;
for ...
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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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