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Life of Johnson, Volume 4, 1780-1784

Note 639 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 4)

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'Davies observes, in his account of Ireland, that no Irishman had ever planted an orchard.' Johnson's Works, ix.7. 'At Fochabars [in the Highlands] there is an orchard, which in Scotland I had never seen before.' Ib. p. 21.

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