An eye accustomed to flowery pastures and waving harvests is astonished and repelled by this wide extent of hopeless sterility. The appearance is that of matter incapable of form or usefulness, dismissed by nature from her care, and disinherited of her... The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and Journey - Page 249 by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 Full view -
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