The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 43
... live always together in the same place , will preserve local stories and hereditary prejudices . Thus , every Highlander can talk of his ancestors , and recount the outrages which they suffered from the wicked inhabitants of the next ...
... live always together in the same place , will preserve local stories and hereditary prejudices . Thus , every Highlander can talk of his ancestors , and recount the outrages which they suffered from the wicked inhabitants of the next ...
Page 46
... live among the mountains or in the islands : and in that sense I use the name , when there is not some apparent reason for making a distinction . In Sky I first observed the use of brogues , a kind of artless shoes , stitched with ...
... live among the mountains or in the islands : and in that sense I use the name , when there is not some apparent reason for making a distinction . In Sky I first observed the use of brogues , a kind of artless shoes , stitched with ...
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... live in total ignorance who want the opportunity of vocal instruction . From these remains of ancient sanctity , which are every where to be found , it has been conjectured that , for the last two centuries , the inhabitants of the ...
... live in total ignorance who want the opportunity of vocal instruction . From these remains of ancient sanctity , which are every where to be found , it has been conjectured that , for the last two centuries , the inhabitants of the ...
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... live without them , their decay implies no diminution of inhabitants . Some of these dilapidations are said to be found in islands now uninhabited : but I doubt whether we can thence infer that they were ever peopled . The religion of ...
... live without them , their decay implies no diminution of inhabitants . Some of these dilapidations are said to be found in islands now uninhabited : but I doubt whether we can thence infer that they were ever peopled . The religion of ...
Page 66
... live in the same territory have one name , and must be therefore discrimi- nated by some addition . This gentleman , whose name , I think , is Maclean , should be regularly called Muck ; but the appellation , which he thinks too coarse ...
... live in the same territory have one name , and must be therefore discrimi- nated by some addition . This gentleman , whose name , I think , is Maclean , should be regularly called Muck ; but the appellation , which he thinks too coarse ...
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