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... appearance that it would have made , if it had been placed at the same distance from London , with the same facility of approach ; with what emulation of price a few rocky acres would have been purchased , and with what expensive ...
... appearance that it would have made , if it had been placed at the same distance from London , with the same facility of approach ; with what emulation of price a few rocky acres would have been purchased , and with what expensive ...
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... appearance . A square apartment of great loftiness is yet standing ; its use I could not conjecture , as its elevation was very dispropor- tionate to its area . Two corner towers particularly attracted our attention . Mr. Boswell ...
... appearance . A square apartment of great loftiness is yet standing ; its use I could not conjecture , as its elevation was very dispropor- tionate to its area . Two corner towers particularly attracted our attention . Mr. Boswell ...
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... appearances . The country is still naked , the hedges are of stone , and the fields so generally ploughed , that it is hard to imagine where grass is found for the horses that till them . The harvest , which was almost ripe , appeared ...
... appearances . The country is still naked , the hedges are of stone , and the fields so generally ploughed , that it is hard to imagine where grass is found for the horses that till them . The harvest , which was almost ripe , appeared ...
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... appearance of a very frivolous ostentation ; yet as Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observa- tions , it is not superfluous to relate , that under the name of Aberdeen are comprised two towns ...
... appearance of a very frivolous ostentation ; yet as Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observa- tions , it is not superfluous to relate , that under the name of Aberdeen are comprised two towns ...
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... appearance of a vast well bor- dered with a wall . The edge of the Buller is not wide , and to those that walk round , appears very narrow . He that ventures to look downward , sees that if his foot should slip , he must fall from his ...
... appearance of a vast well bor- dered with a wall . The edge of the Buller is not wide , and to those that walk round , appears very narrow . He that ventures to look downward , sees that if his foot should slip , he must fall from his ...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson,5: With Murphy's Essay, Volum 6 Samuel Johnson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1825 |
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Side 144 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Side 186 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, \ not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Side 319 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Side 177 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? • Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Side 321 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a tear.
Side 227 - No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring : no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
Side 323 - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Side 553 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Side 319 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Side 224 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.