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Rambler - Page 415
by Samuel Johnson - 1801
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7

1835 - 542 pages
...lim; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled: be was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly it the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...his breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles,...hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of ly in<r down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. 12. He advanced towards the light ; and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he...
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The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...hermit, he called humbly at the door and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah...
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The church scholar's reading-book, selected from the Saturday magazine

Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...; liis breath grew short, and his knees trembled : he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, nnd obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called numbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 pages
...point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer oi a taper. He advanced towards the light ; and finding...hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on whjcli Obidah...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...Ais knees trenvbled ; | and Ae was on the point of lying down in resignation to Ais fate', | when Ae beheld, through the brambles, | the glimmer of a taper....hermit, | he called humbly at the door, | and obtained admission. | The 27 old man set before Aim | such provisions as he had collected for Aimself , | on...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...hn breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the...glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and rinding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained...
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