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Rambler - Page 233
by Samuel Johnson - 1801
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Continuation of the Rambler

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 514 pages
...state of Jthings, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth, " that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that of the rest some is encumbered with riaked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...state of things, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed @ rest, some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sand«; some scorched with...
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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...state of things, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth, " that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that of the rest some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...state of things, which the system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed rd against them. It may be particularly observed of women, rest some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands; some scorched with...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 pages
...state of things, which the system of opinions obliged him tn represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth," that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable oc-an; that of the rest some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands;...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...peace beam on the cottage of Venoni ! " 292.— VALUE OF TIME.. S. JOHNSON. worst form, has observed of the earth, " that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that, of the rest, some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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The Young Ladies' Reader: Containing Rules, Observations, and Exercises and ...

William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 pages
...state of things, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth, " that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that, of the rest, some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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Dublin examination papers

Dublin city, univ - 1869 - 336 pages
...state of things, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth, "that its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that of the rest some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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The Lay Preacher, Issue 4

1872 - 498 pages
...state of things, which his system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed of the earth, " That its greater part is covered by the uninhabitable ocean ; that of the rest, some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...state of things, which the system of opinions obliged him to represent in its worst form, has observed sense by pride : These build as * ; Even rest some is encumbered with naked mountains, and some lost under barren sands ; some scorched with...
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