The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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Page 26
... sometimes covered with verdure , and some- times towering in horrid nakedness . Now and then we espied a little corn - field , which served to impress more strongly the general barrenness . Lough Ness is about twenty - four miles long ...
... sometimes covered with verdure , and some- times towering in horrid nakedness . Now and then we espied a little corn - field , which served to impress more strongly the general barrenness . Lough Ness is about twenty - four miles long ...
Page 27
... sometimes by breaking off protu- berances , and sometimes by cutting the great mass of stone to a considerable depth . The fragments are piled in a loose wall on either side , with apertures left at very short spaces , to give a passage ...
... sometimes by breaking off protu- berances , and sometimes by cutting the great mass of stone to a considerable depth . The fragments are piled in a loose wall on either side , with apertures left at very short spaces , to give a passage ...
Page 40
... sometimes happens that by conquest , intermixture , or gradual refinement , the cultivated parts of a country change ... sometimes be done , and be more injuriously defended ; retaliation will sometimes be attempted , and the debt ...
... sometimes happens that by conquest , intermixture , or gradual refinement , the cultivated parts of a country change ... sometimes be done , and be more injuriously defended ; retaliation will sometimes be attempted , and the debt ...
Page 42
... sometimes so remote from the seat of government , and so difficult of access , that they are very little under the influence of the sovereign , or within the reach of national justice . Law is nothing without power ; and the sentence of ...
... sometimes so remote from the seat of government , and so difficult of access , that they are very little under the influence of the sovereign , or within the reach of national justice . Law is nothing without power ; and the sentence of ...
Page 48
... sometimes falls , is soon dissolved by the air , or the rain . This is not the description of a cruel climate , yet the dark months are here a time of great distress ; because the sum- mer can do little more than feed itself , and 48 A ...
... sometimes falls , is soon dissolved by the air , or the rain . This is not the description of a cruel climate , yet the dark months are here a time of great distress ; because the sum- mer can do little more than feed itself , and 48 A ...
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