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Mountainous countries are not passed but with difficulty , not merely from the
labour of climbing ; for to climb is not always necessary : but because that which
is not mountain is commonly bog , through which the way must be picked with ...
Mountainous countries are not passed but with difficulty , not merely from the
labour of climbing ; for to climb is not always necessary : but because that which
is not mountain is commonly bog , through which the way must be picked with ...
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These mountains may be properly enough measured from the inland base ; for it
is not much above the sea . As we advanced at evening towards the western
coast , I did not observe the declivity to be greater than is necessary for the ...
These mountains may be properly enough measured from the inland base ; for it
is not much above the sea . As we advanced at evening towards the western
coast , I did not observe the declivity to be greater than is necessary for the ...
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Regions mountainous and wild , thinly inhabited , and little cultivated , make a
great part of the earth , and he that has never seen them , must live unacquainted
with much of the face of nature , and with one of the great scenes of human ...
Regions mountainous and wild , thinly inhabited , and little cultivated , make a
great part of the earth , and he that has never seen them , must live unacquainted
with much of the face of nature , and with one of the great scenes of human ...
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Mountainous countries commonly contain the original , at least the oldest race of
inhabitants , for they are not easily conquered , because they must be entered by
narrow ways , exposed to every power of mischief from those that occupy the ...
Mountainous countries commonly contain the original , at least the oldest race of
inhabitants , for they are not easily conquered , because they must be entered by
narrow ways , exposed to every power of mischief from those that occupy the ...
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A tract intersected by many ridges of mountains naturally divides its inhabitants
into petty nations , which are made by a thousand causes enemies to each other .
Each will exalt its own chiefs , each will boast the valour of its men , or the beauty
...
A tract intersected by many ridges of mountains naturally divides its inhabitants
into petty nations , which are made by a thousand causes enemies to each other .
Each will exalt its own chiefs , each will boast the valour of its men , or the beauty
...
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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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