The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... less than four hundred and eighty - five feet . Tradition says , that a piper and twelve men once advanced into this cave , nobody can tell how far1 , and never re- turned . At the distance to which we proceeded the air was quite pure ...
... less than four hundred and eighty - five feet . Tradition says , that a piper and twelve men once advanced into this cave , nobody can tell how far1 , and never re- turned . At the distance to which we proceeded the air was quite pure ...
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... less affected by it than I was ; and who has described the impressions it should make on the mind , with such strength of thought , and energy of language , that I shall quote his words , as conveying my own sensations much more ...
... less affected by it than I was ; and who has described the impressions it should make on the mind , with such strength of thought , and energy of language , that I shall quote his words , as conveying my own sensations much more ...
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... less deserving of trust . Had these con- cessions been related nakedly , without any detail of the circumstances which generally led to them , they would not have been believed . " Sir Allan M'Lean bragged , that Scotland had the ...
... less deserving of trust . Had these con- cessions been related nakedly , without any detail of the circumstances which generally led to them , they would not have been believed . " Sir Allan M'Lean bragged , that Scotland had the ...
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... less noble purpose , having taken it to Falkirk fair with a drove of black cattle . We bade adieu to Lochbuy , and to our very kind conductor , Sir Allan M'Lean , on the shore of Mull , and then got into the ferry - boat , the bottom of ...
... less noble purpose , having taken it to Falkirk fair with a drove of black cattle . We bade adieu to Lochbuy , and to our very kind conductor , Sir Allan M'Lean , on the shore of Mull , and then got into the ferry - boat , the bottom of ...
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... less dis- posed to exert his faculties : for he had originally a very strong mind , and cheerful temper . He assured me he never had felt one moment of what is called low spirits , or uneasiness , without a real cause . He had a great ...
... less dis- posed to exert his faculties : for he had originally a very strong mind , and cheerful temper . He assured me he never had felt one moment of what is called low spirits , or uneasiness , without a real cause . He had a great ...
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