The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... ground near the sea , which not long ago suffered a very uncommon and unexpected calamity . The sand of the shore was raised by a tempest in such quantities , and carried to such a distance , that an estate was overwhelmed and lost ...
... ground near the sea , which not long ago suffered a very uncommon and unexpected calamity . The sand of the shore was raised by a tempest in such quantities , and carried to such a distance , that an estate was overwhelmed and lost ...
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... ground was neither uncultivated nor unfruitful ; but it was still all arable . Of flocks or herds there was no appearance . had now travelled two hundred miles in Scotland , and seen only one tree not younger than myself . I VOL . VI ...
... ground was neither uncultivated nor unfruitful ; but it was still all arable . Of flocks or herds there was no appearance . had now travelled two hundred miles in Scotland , and seen only one tree not younger than myself . I VOL . VI ...
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... grounds some stones yet stand- ing of a Druidical circle , and what I began to think more worthy of notice , some ... ground being entered only by stairs descending within the house . The art of joining squares of glass with lead is ...
... grounds some stones yet stand- ing of a Druidical circle , and what I began to think more worthy of notice , some ... ground being entered only by stairs descending within the house . The art of joining squares of glass with lead is ...
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... ground . Our imaginations were heated , and our thoughts recalled to their old amusements . We had now a prelude to the Highlands . We began to leave fertility and culture behind us , and saw for a great length of road nothing but heath ...
... ground . Our imaginations were heated , and our thoughts recalled to their old amusements . We had now a prelude to the Highlands . We began to leave fertility and culture behind us , and saw for a great length of road nothing but heath ...
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... ground . The wall , which is commonly about six feet high , declines from the perpendicular a little inward . Such rafters as can be procured are then raised for a roof , and covered with heath , which makes a strong and warm thatch ...
... ground . The wall , which is commonly about six feet high , declines from the perpendicular a little inward . Such rafters as can be procured are then raised for a roof , and covered with heath , which makes a strong and warm thatch ...
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