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... known to admit description , and directed our course northward , along the
eastern coast of Scotland , accompanied the first day by another gentleman , who
could stay with us only long enough to shew us how much we lost at separation .
... known to admit description , and directed our course northward , along the
eastern coast of Scotland , accompanied the first day by another gentleman , who
could stay with us only long enough to shew us how much we lost at separation .
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In the morning we arose to perambulate a city , which only history shews to have
once flourished , and surveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even
the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to preserve them ...
In the morning we arose to perambulate a city , which only history shews to have
once flourished , and surveyed the ruins of ancient magnificence , of which even
the ruins cannot long be visible , unless some care be taken to preserve them ...
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The ruins of the cathedral of Elgin afforded us another proof of the waste of
reformation . There is enough yet remaining to shew , that it was once
magnificent . Its whole plot is easily traced . On the north side of the choir , the
chapter - house ...
The ruins of the cathedral of Elgin afforded us another proof of the waste of
reformation . There is enough yet remaining to shew , that it was once
magnificent . Its whole plot is easily traced . On the north side of the choir , the
chapter - house ...
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The numbers that go barefoot are still sufficient to shew that shoes may be
spared ; they are not yet considered as necessaries of life ; for tall boys , not
otherwise meanly dressed , run without them in the streets ; and in the islands the
sons of ...
The numbers that go barefoot are still sufficient to shew that shoes may be
spared ; they are not yet considered as necessaries of life ; for tall boys , not
otherwise meanly dressed , run without them in the streets ; and in the islands the
sons of ...
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We took two Highlanders to run beside us , partly to shew us the way , and partly
to take back from the sea - side the horses , of which they were the owners . One
of them was a man of great liveliness and activity , of whom his com - . panion ...
We took two Highlanders to run beside us , partly to shew us the way , and partly
to take back from the sea - side the horses , of which they were the owners . One
of them was a man of great liveliness and activity , of whom his com - . panion ...
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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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