The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... ground at one side of the house , and on the other four stories high . " - Lett . i . 109. [ The house is now occupied by a printer . CHAMBERS . pany . He showed much complacency upon finding that the ÆTAT . 64 . 13 EDINBURGH .
... ground at one side of the house , and on the other four stories high . " - Lett . i . 109. [ The house is now occupied by a printer . CHAMBERS . pany . He showed much complacency upon finding that the ÆTAT . 64 . 13 EDINBURGH .
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... ground upon the back ele- vation ; the front wall being built upon the edge of the hill , and the back wall rising from the bottom of the hill several stories before it comes to a level with the front wall . ( 1 ) We proceeded to the ...
... ground upon the back ele- vation ; the front wall being built upon the edge of the hill , and the back wall rising from the bottom of the hill several stories before it comes to a level with the front wall . ( 1 ) We proceeded to the ...
Page 51
... grounds on which we concluded that it must have once been inhabited , and introducing many sage re- flections , and we should see how a thing might be covered in words , so as to induce people to come and survey it . All that was told ...
... grounds on which we concluded that it must have once been inhabited , and introducing many sage re- flections , and we should see how a thing might be covered in words , so as to induce people to come and survey it . All that was told ...
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... ground , and what buildings remained . When we entered his court , it seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfortable and genteel accommodation . ( 4 ) Thursday , Aug. 19. - We rose much refreshed . I had with me a ...
... ground , and what buildings remained . When we entered his court , it seemed quite academical ; and we found in his house very comfortable and genteel accommodation . ( 4 ) Thursday , Aug. 19. - We rose much refreshed . I had with me a ...
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... ground where the cathedral had stood . He said well , that , " Knox had set on a mob , without knowing where it would end ; and that differing from a man in doc- trine was no reason why you should pull his house about his ears . " As we ...
... ground where the cathedral had stood . He said well , that , " Knox had set on a mob , without knowing where it would end ; and that differing from a man in doc- trine was no reason why you should pull his house about his ears . " As we ...
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