The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... 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 We found only the ruins of a small fort ,
... 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 We found only the ruins of a small fort ,
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... 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 approach- ing ...
... 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 approach- ing ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... 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 irruptions of Alaric and the Goths . Had ...
... 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 irruptions of Alaric and the Goths . Had ...
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... seems to recommence upon new principles . That before the Union the Scots had little trade and little money , is no valid apology ; for plantation is the least ex- pensive of all methods of improvement . To drop a seed into the ground ...
... seems to recommence upon new principles . That before the Union the Scots had little trade and little money , is no valid apology ; for plantation is the least ex- pensive of all methods of improvement . To drop a seed into the ground ...
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