The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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How important an agent is chance in the economy and management of the world ! Pythagoras originally invented music . It is said he fortuitously discerned the true proportion of notes from the noise of hammer's , on an artist's anvil .
How important an agent is chance in the economy and management of the world ! Pythagoras originally invented music . It is said he fortuitously discerned the true proportion of notes from the noise of hammer's , on an artist's anvil .
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-What is of more consequence is , that such of the Grecian paintings as were done with wax have preserved their colours entire to the present dayAnd therefore if I now attach importance to the discovery , it is because under a permanent ...
-What is of more consequence is , that such of the Grecian paintings as were done with wax have preserved their colours entire to the present dayAnd therefore if I now attach importance to the discovery , it is because under a permanent ...
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The Peroration is generally the most impressive , and of course the most important part of the oration : the Exordium being intended merely to conciliate the hearers , and to gain their attention ; the Narration , Proposition ...
The Peroration is generally the most impressive , and of course the most important part of the oration : the Exordium being intended merely to conciliate the hearers , and to gain their attention ; the Narration , Proposition ...
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... the following sketch , whether we consider his eminence as a statesman , his connection with the literary characters of his country , or the importance of the era in which he flourished is worthy of the attention of the biographer .
... the following sketch , whether we consider his eminence as a statesman , his connection with the literary characters of his country , or the importance of the era in which he flourished is worthy of the attention of the biographer .
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With these qualifications he became successively the advocate , the attorney general , and the chancellor of France , and executed the duties of those important offices with equal fidelity 1 > 46 THE POLITE SCHOLAR . and wisdom ...
With these qualifications he became successively the advocate , the attorney general , and the chancellor of France , and executed the duties of those important offices with equal fidelity 1 > 46 THE POLITE SCHOLAR . and wisdom ...
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 5 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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