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" I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence and solitude. Before... "
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson - Page 130
by James Boswell - 1813 - 460 pages
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 pages
...foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the •» hour .well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 39

Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 pages
...atr-ibft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration.'...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1785 - 548 pages
...foft, and all was ruder nefs, filence and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well, I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, •which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration....
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Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for kfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration....
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 pages
...soft, and all was rudenesSj silence* and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hilis, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment reir itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...foft, and all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...was foft, and dl was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. Before me, and on either fide, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itfelf. Whether I fpent the hour well I know not ; for here I firft conceived the thought of this narration....
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Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 19

1802 - 510 pages
..." all was rudenefs, filence, and folitude. "• Before me, and on either fide, were high « hill», which, by hindering the eye from " ranging, forced the mind to find enter« uioment for ¡tfelf. Whether I fpeut the " hour well Иначи not; for here ZJrrJt " etHccivcd...
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Observations on a short tour made in the summer of 1803 to the western ...

Philip Bracebridge Homer - 1804 - 230 pages
...soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which, by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether! spent the hourwell I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration." I imagine...
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