The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... told , improperly , from the castle of that name , which once stood at a place not far distant . The road beyond Aberdeen grew more stony , and con- tinued equally naked of all vegetable decoration . We tra- velled over a tract of ...
... told , improperly , from the castle of that name , which once stood at a place not far distant . The road beyond Aberdeen grew more stony , and con- tinued equally naked of all vegetable decoration . We tra- velled over a tract of ...
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... told , its body not larger than a duck's , and yet lays eggs as large as those of a goose . This bird is by the inhabitants named a Coot . That which is called Coot in England is here a Cooter . Upon these rocks there was nothing that ...
... told , its body not larger than a duck's , and yet lays eggs as large as those of a goose . This bird is by the inhabitants named a Coot . That which is called Coot in England is here a Cooter . Upon these rocks there was nothing that ...
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... told us , went backward to a depth which they had never explored . Their extent we had not time to try ; they are said to serve different purposes . Ladies come hither sometimes in the summer with collations , and smugglers make them ...
... told us , went backward to a depth which they had never explored . Their extent we had not time to try ; they are said to serve different purposes . Ladies come hither sometimes in the summer with collations , and smugglers make them ...
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... told at Aberdeen , that the people learned from Cromwell's soldiers to make shoes and to plant kail . How they lived without kail , it is not easy to guess ; they cultivate hardly any other plant for common tables , and when they had ...
... told at Aberdeen , that the people learned from Cromwell's soldiers to make shoes and to plant kail . How they lived without kail , it is not easy to guess ; they cultivate hardly any other plant for common tables , and when they had ...
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... told ; and that their ac- counts exceed the truth may be justly supposed , because most men exaggerate to others , if not to themselves : but Boethius lived at no great distance ; if he never saw the lake , he must have been very ...
... told ; and that their ac- counts exceed the truth may be justly supposed , because most men exaggerate to others , if not to themselves : but Boethius lived at no great distance ; if he never saw the lake , he must have been very ...
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