The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Murray, 1831 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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... person having come up with a serjeant and twenty men , working on the high road , he entered into discourse with the serjeant , and then gave him sixpence for the men to drink . The serjeant asked , " Who is this fellow ? " Upon being ...
... person having come up with a serjeant and twenty men , working on the high road , he entered into discourse with the serjeant , and then gave him sixpence for the men to drink . The serjeant asked , " Who is this fellow ? " Upon being ...
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... person whom I have found , that can translate Erse poetry literally . " We set out , mounted on little Mull horses . Mull corresponded exactly with the idea which I had always had of it ; a hilly country , diversified with heath and ...
... person whom I have found , that can translate Erse poetry literally . " We set out , mounted on little Mull horses . Mull corresponded exactly with the idea which I had always had of it ; a hilly country , diversified with heath and ...
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... person who became the purchaser . Now , how low should a price be ? or what degree of confidence should there be to make a bargain be set aside ? a bargain , which is a wager of skill between man and man . If , indeed , any fraud can be ...
... person who became the purchaser . Now , how low should a price be ? or what degree of confidence should there be to make a bargain be set aside ? a bargain , which is a wager of skill between man and man . If , indeed , any fraud can be ...
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... person ever went farther into M'Kinnon's cave than any man may now go . Jolinson's admiration of it seems exaggerated . A great number of the M'Kinnons , escaping from some powerful enemy , hid themselves in this cave till they could ...
... person ever went farther into M'Kinnon's cave than any man may now go . Jolinson's admiration of it seems exaggerated . A great number of the M'Kinnons , escaping from some powerful enemy , hid themselves in this cave till they could ...
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... persons had already examined them , and as I saw Dr. Johnson inspecting and measuring several of the ruins of which he has since given so full an account , my mind was quiescent ; and I resolved to stroll among them at my ease , to take ...
... persons had already examined them , and as I saw Dr. Johnson inspecting and measuring several of the ruins of which he has since given so full an account , my mind was quiescent ; and I resolved to stroll among them at my ease , to take ...
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