The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... delighted in assisting young men of talents and in contributing to their improve- ment . Unbiassed by Flattery or Vanity , he judged with impartiality both of himself and others . But the habitude of speaking as decidedly and freely of ...
... delighted in assisting young men of talents and in contributing to their improve- ment . Unbiassed by Flattery or Vanity , he judged with impartiality both of himself and others . But the habitude of speaking as decidedly and freely of ...
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... delight when exhibited by a public speaker , who accompanies his communication with appropriate action and expression of countenance . 3. Proposition - The intention of the speaker in every cor- rect and regular address is to prove or ...
... delight when exhibited by a public speaker , who accompanies his communication with appropriate action and expression of countenance . 3. Proposition - The intention of the speaker in every cor- rect and regular address is to prove or ...
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... delight , when the public are apprized that , both for the sketch and the essay we are indebted to the genius of a gentleman who is a friend to the muses , to the fine arts , and to his country . THE island of Nantucket has been called ...
... delight , when the public are apprized that , both for the sketch and the essay we are indebted to the genius of a gentleman who is a friend to the muses , to the fine arts , and to his country . THE island of Nantucket has been called ...
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... delightful retreat along shore , for those con- cerned in the whale trade ; some of whom are very rich , and many of them inhabit roomy houses , and live in the genteelest style of middle life , except only the use of that elegant ...
... delightful retreat along shore , for those con- cerned in the whale trade ; some of whom are very rich , and many of them inhabit roomy houses , and live in the genteelest style of middle life , except only the use of that elegant ...
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... delight and instruction in these volumes . I can say no more ; and what I have now said will add them to your library , if it does not already possess them . It has been observed that unless the natural powers of the human mind be exci ...
... delight and instruction in these volumes . I can say no more ; and what I have now said will add them to your library , if it does not already possess them . It has been observed that unless the natural powers of the human mind be exci ...
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