The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... mountains , philosophically considered , is properly computed from the surface of the next sea ; but as it affects the eye or imagination of the passenger , as it makes either a spectacle or an obstruction , it must be reckoned from the ...
... mountains , philosophically considered , is properly computed from the surface of the next sea ; but as it affects the eye or imagination of the passenger , as it makes either a spectacle or an obstruction , it must be reckoned from the ...
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With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. 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 ...
With Murphy's Essay Samuel Johnson. 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 ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ... mountains is cattle , which , while the men stand in the passes , the women drive away . Such lands at last cannot ...
... Mountainous countries commonly contain the original , at least the oldest race of inhabitants , for they are not ... mountains is cattle , which , while the men stand in the passes , the women drive away . Such lands at last cannot ...
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... mountains naturally divides its inhabitants into petty nations , which are made by a thou- sand causes enemies to each other . Each will exalt its own chiefs , each will boast the valour of its men , or the beauty of its women , and ...
... mountains naturally divides its inhabitants into petty nations , which are made by a thou- sand causes enemies to each other . Each will exalt its own chiefs , each will boast the valour of its men , or the beauty of its women , and ...
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