The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... thing but himself . LOUGH NESS . We took two Highlanders to run beside us , partly to shew us the way , and partly to take back from the sea - side the horses , of which they were the owners . One of them was a man of great liveliness ...
... thing but himself . LOUGH NESS . We took two Highlanders to run beside us , partly to shew us the way , and partly to take back from the sea - side the horses , of which they were the owners . One of them was a man of great liveliness ...
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... thing at once . A long continuance of dry weather , which made the rest of the way easy and de- lightful , deprived us of the pleasure expected from the Fall of Fiers . The river having now no water but what the springs supply , shewed ...
... thing at once . A long continuance of dry weather , which made the rest of the way easy and de- lightful , deprived us of the pleasure expected from the Fall of Fiers . The river having now no water but what the springs supply , shewed ...
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... things , we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit , or analogy supply ; but it is true , likewise , that these ideas are always incomplete , and that , at least , till we have compared them with realities ...
... things , we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit , or analogy supply ; but it is true , likewise , that these ideas are always incomplete , and that , at least , till we have compared them with realities ...
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... thing so necessary might be far to be fetched ; and it was secret , that enemies , if they landed , could find nothing . Yet it is not very evident of what use it was to hide their oars from those , who , if they were masters of the ...
... thing so necessary might be far to be fetched ; and it was secret , that enemies , if they landed , could find nothing . Yet it is not very evident of what use it was to hide their oars from those , who , if they were masters of the ...
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... thing surely ought to be wasted ; yet their method of clearing their oats from the husk is by parching them in the straw . Thus with the genuine improvidence of sa- vages , they destroy that fodder for want of which their cat- tle may ...
... thing surely ought to be wasted ; yet their method of clearing their oats from the husk is by parching them in the straw . Thus with the genuine improvidence of sa- vages , they destroy that fodder for want of which their cat- tle may ...
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