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Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides: In which are ... - Page 195
by Donald MacNicol - 1779 - 371 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 432 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and Journey

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 424 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...it as a privilege, nor are they considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign ; and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the ..., Volume 3

John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...hoast of it as a privilege, nor are considered hy others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign, and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. "To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 3

John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 520 pages
...boast of it as a privilege, nor are considered by others as advantageously distinguished. They have no temptation to feign, and their hearers have no motive to encourage the imposture. To talk with any of these seers is not easy. There is one living in Sky, with whom we would...
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