The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... perhaps the English might have owed to them . Here the appearance of life began to alter . I had seen a few women with plaids at Aberdeen ; but at Inverness the Highland manners are common . There is , I think , a kirk in which only the ...
... perhaps the English might have owed to them . Here the appearance of life began to alter . I had seen a few women with plaids at Aberdeen ; but at Inverness the Highland manners are common . There is , I think , a kirk in which only the ...
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... perhaps a rude pile of clods called a summer hut , in which a herdsman had rested in the favourable seasons . Whoever had been in the place where I then sat , unprovided with provisions , and ignorant of the country , might , at least ...
... perhaps a rude pile of clods called a summer hut , in which a herdsman had rested in the favourable seasons . Whoever had been in the place where I then sat , unprovided with provisions , and ignorant of the country , might , at least ...
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... perhaps very safely promulgated , among men , ignorantly proud and habitually violent , un- connected with the general system , and accustomed to re- verence only their own lords . It has therefore been neces- sary to erect many ...
... perhaps very safely promulgated , among men , ignorantly proud and habitually violent , un- connected with the general system , and accustomed to re- verence only their own lords . It has therefore been neces- sary to erect many ...
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... perhaps he had not heard , by whom his kind- ness was not likely to be ever repaid , and who could be recommended to him only by their necessities . We were now to examine our lodging . Out of one of the beds , on which we were to ...
... perhaps he had not heard , by whom his kind- ness was not likely to be ever repaid , and who could be recommended to him only by their necessities . We were now to examine our lodging . Out of one of the beds , on which we were to ...
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... Perhaps the French may bring them wine for wool , and the Dutch give them tea and coffee at the fishing season , in exchange for fresh provi- sion . Their trade is unconstrained ; they pay no customs , for there is no officer to demand ...
... Perhaps the French may bring them wine for wool , and the Dutch give them tea and coffee at the fishing season , in exchange for fresh provi- sion . Their trade is unconstrained ; they pay no customs , for there is no officer to demand ...
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