Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: And Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel JohnsonNew York, 1961 - 447 pages |
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Page 122
... father sends with his child a certain number of cows , to which the same number is added by the fosterer . The father appropriates a proportionable extent of ground , without rent , for their pasturage . If every cow brings a calf ...
... father sends with his child a certain number of cows , to which the same number is added by the fosterer . The father appropriates a proportionable extent of ground , without rent , for their pasturage . If every cow brings a calf ...
Page 415
... father was not quite a year and a half older than Dr. Johnson ; but his conscientious discharge of his laborious duty as a judge in Scotland , where the law proceedings are almost all in writing , - a severe complaint which ended in his ...
... father was not quite a year and a half older than Dr. Johnson ; but his conscientious discharge of his laborious duty as a judge in Scotland , where the law proceedings are almost all in writing , - a severe complaint which ended in his ...
Page 420
... father kept him at bay , and for some time enjoyed his triumph ; but his antagonist soon made a retort , which I ... father's opinion of Dr. Johnson may be conjectured from the name he afterwards gave him , which was URSA MAJOR . But it ...
... father kept him at bay , and for some time enjoyed his triumph ; but his antagonist soon made a retort , which I ... father's opinion of Dr. Johnson may be conjectured from the name he afterwards gave him , which was URSA MAJOR . But it ...
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Dr Johnson on horseback A Highland hut Fort Augustus | 25 |
Anoch Emigration Goldsmith Poets and soldiers com | 32 |
Dr Johnson relents Isle of Sky Armidale 253 43 | 43 |
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