The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Perhaps indeed some knowledge of an cuci's siyle of life and habits is necessary to the full understanding of his writings . Different persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquicu would ...
Perhaps indeed some knowledge of an cuci's siyle of life and habits is necessary to the full understanding of his writings . Different persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquicu would ...
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... by the ardour with which he studied it , and the complete knowledge he acquired , by means of it , of the computation of almanacks , notwithstanding the numerous errors he discovered in it , without being able then to correct them .
... by the ardour with which he studied it , and the complete knowledge he acquired , by means of it , of the computation of almanacks , notwithstanding the numerous errors he discovered in it , without being able then to correct them .
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Thus generously supported , he acquired , in a short time , a knowledge of philosophy and the oriental languages , and learned to write a very elegant hand , which procured him the place of a copyist in the chancery of his native town ...
Thus generously supported , he acquired , in a short time , a knowledge of philosophy and the oriental languages , and learned to write a very elegant hand , which procured him the place of a copyist in the chancery of his native town ...
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A glowing devotion which frequently rose to a kind of pious rapture , a lively sense of his dependence upon God , and of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave ...
A glowing devotion which frequently rose to a kind of pious rapture , a lively sense of his dependence upon God , and of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave ...
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He had also acquired a considerable knowledge of jurisprudence , but logic , metaphysics and mathematics were the leading subjects of his lucubrations . He was uncommonly strong in logic and was guided by its rules not only in his ...
He had also acquired a considerable knowledge of jurisprudence , but logic , metaphysics and mathematics were the leading subjects of his lucubrations . He was uncommonly strong in logic and was guided by its rules not only in his ...
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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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