The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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It is certainly an ingenious , and most probably a uscful art ; though I believe very little known in England . There are some circumstances respecting it with which some of your readers may like to be acquainted , that Mr. Deserres has ...
It is certainly an ingenious , and most probably a uscful art ; though I believe very little known in England . There are some circumstances respecting it with which some of your readers may like to be acquainted , that Mr. Deserres has ...
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... are the lessons of Art ! Every admirer of pathetic poetry remembers Cowper's famous stanza , the burden of which is my Mary . This affectionate tribute to Mrs. Unirin we , believe has been followed up by some hundreds of parodies .
... are the lessons of Art ! Every admirer of pathetic poetry remembers Cowper's famous stanza , the burden of which is my Mary . This affectionate tribute to Mrs. Unirin we , believe has been followed up by some hundreds of parodies .
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I am so sanguine in my expectations of the success of this plan that I believe by way of experiment a frame house , in the midst of an entire solid square of houses of that description , might be burned down , and all the rest be ...
I am so sanguine in my expectations of the success of this plan that I believe by way of experiment a frame house , in the midst of an entire solid square of houses of that description , might be burned down , and all the rest be ...
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I mean the Spencer , which is now so completely exploded , that I believe there are but two or three in the city , one of which I still venture to wear . The advantages of this now antiquated vestment , arc by no means inconsiderable .
I mean the Spencer , which is now so completely exploded , that I believe there are but two or three in the city , one of which I still venture to wear . The advantages of this now antiquated vestment , arc by no means inconsiderable .
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Besides four or five persons pretend to have seen him at Paris , and whether they believe it or not , declare that this is the man . In short they all need the indulgence of hope , and their wishes are too keen to admit of doubt .
Besides four or five persons pretend to have seen him at Paris , and whether they believe it or not , declare that this is the man . In short they all need the indulgence of hope , and their wishes are too keen to admit of doubt .
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