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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Page 153
by Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 235 pages
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Volumes 1-2

Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 pages
...it, do not boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers...converfed ; but he was very grofs and ignorant, and knew noEnglifh. The proportion in thefe countries of the poor to the rich is fuel), that if we fuppofe the...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 pages
...it, do not boSft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers...of thefe feers is ?not eafy. There is one living in Sky^with whom we would have gladly converged ; hut hi? was very grofs and ignorant, and knew n» Engliflj....
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's ...

John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 pages
...it, do not boaft of it as a Privilege^ nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign; and their hearers...encourage the Impofture. To talk with any of thefe Seers is not eafy. There is one in Sky, with whom we would have gladly converfed ; but he was very...
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 8

John Wesley - 1785 - 718 pages
...feel it, do not boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others advantageoufty diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign; and -their hearers...motive to encourage the impofture. To talk with any of thofe feers is not eafy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would gladly have converfed ; but...
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Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides: In which are ...

Donald MacNicol - 1779 - 392 pages
...boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have ho temptation to feign, and their hearers have no motive to encourage the impofture." Here the Doctor is evidently Under a very grofs miftake. Whatever he may think, if he really writes...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 400 pages
...it, do not boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers...; but he was very grofs and ignorant, and knew no Engli/b. The proportion in thefe countries of the poor to the rich is fuch, that if we fuppofe the...
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Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...it, do not boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantageoufly diftinguifhed. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers...converfed; but he was very grofs and ignorant, and knew no Englijh. The proportion in thefe countries of the poor to the rich is fuch, that if we fuppofe the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...it, do not boaft of it as a privilege, nor are confidered by others as advantagcoufly diftinguiihed. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the impofture. To tark with any of thefe feers is noteafy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would have gladly...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 17, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 pages
...do not boail of it as a privilege, nor ai'e confidered by others аз advantageoufly diltinguiftied. They have no temptation to feign, and their hearers have no motive to encourage the impoflure. SECOND Terms, in algebra, thofe where the unknown quantity has a degree of power lefs than...
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Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volumes 14-15

1799 - 528 pages
...not boaft of it as a privilege, nor aie confidered by others as acUantageoufly diftinguiihed. I hey have no temptation to feign, and their hearers have no motive to encourage the impofture. - ANECDOTES OF THH ABBE SIEVES AND THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN. from Bertrand de Mole-ville' 's Annals of...
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