The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6Cowie, 1825 |
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... seem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the house seemed impracticable . From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that separates Scotland from Norway , and , when ...
... seem only a continuation of a perpendicular rock , the foot of which is beaten by the waves . To walk round the house seemed impracticable . From the windows the eye wanders over the sea that separates Scotland from Norway , and , when ...
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... himself to wish for fresher air . These diminutive observations seem to take away some- thing from the dignity of writing , and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation , and a little fear of 18 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... himself to wish for fresher air . These diminutive observations seem to take away some- thing from the dignity of writing , and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation , and a little fear of 18 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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... seems to be part of the despicable philosophy of the time to despise monuments of sacred magnificence , and we are in danger of doing that delibe- rately , which the Scots did not do but in the unsettled state of an imperfect ...
... seems to be part of the despicable philosophy of the time to despise monuments of sacred magnificence , and we are in danger of doing that delibe- rately , which the Scots did not do but in the unsettled state of an imperfect ...
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... seems to have been uniformly con- tinued in the old city . FORES . CALDER . FORT GEORGE . We went forwards the same day to Fores , the town to which Macbeth was travelling when he met the weird sisters in his way . This to an Englishman ...
... seems to have been uniformly con- tinued in the old city . FORES . CALDER . FORT GEORGE . We went forwards the same day to Fores , the town to which Macbeth was travelling when he met the weird sisters in his way . This to an Englishman ...
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... seem to have incorporated afterwards with the inhabitants , and to have peopled the place with an English race ; for the language of this town has been long considered as peculiarly elegant . Here is a castle , called the castle of ...
... seem to have incorporated afterwards with the inhabitants , and to have peopled the place with an English race ; for the language of this town has been long considered as peculiarly elegant . Here is a castle , called the castle of ...
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