The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 82
... received them from the tenants . This tenure still subsists , with its original operation , but not with the primitive stability . Since the islanders , no longer content to live , have learned the desire of growing rich , an ancient ...
... received them from the tenants . This tenure still subsists , with its original operation , but not with the primitive stability . Since the islanders , no longer content to live , have learned the desire of growing rich , an ancient ...
Page 103
... received for centuries by a whole nation , and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent by a series of suc- cessive facts , it is desirable that the truth should be esta- blished , or the fallacy detected . The Second Sight is ...
... received for centuries by a whole nation , and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent by a series of suc- cessive facts , it is desirable that the truth should be esta- blished , or the fallacy detected . The Second Sight is ...
Page 107
... by every great family . After these bards were some of my first inquiries ; and I received such answers as , for a while , made me please myself with my increase of knowledge ; for I had not yet WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 107.
... by every great family . After these bards were some of my first inquiries ; and I received such answers as , for a while , made me please myself with my increase of knowledge ; for I had not yet WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 107.
Page 115
... received by him , in the Saxon character . He has then found , by some peculiar fortune , an unwritten language , written in a character which the natives proba- bly never beheld . I have yet supposed no imposture but in the publisher ...
... received by him , in the Saxon character . He has then found , by some peculiar fortune , an unwritten language , written in a character which the natives proba- bly never beheld . I have yet supposed no imposture but in the publisher ...
Page 148
... received with all the reverence due to their chieftain . One of them being sharply reprehended by him , for not sending him some rum , declared after his departure , in Mr. Bos- well's presence , that he had no design of disappointing ...
... received with all the reverence due to their chieftain . One of them being sharply reprehended by him , for not sending him some rum , declared after his departure , in Mr. Bos- well's presence , that he had no design of disappointing ...
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