The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... knowledge of an author's style 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 Montesquieu would ask to be ac ...
... knowledge of an author's style 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 Montesquieu would ask to be ac ...
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... 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 , whence he removed in his fifteenth year to the iron works of ...
... 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 , whence he removed in his fifteenth year to the iron works of ...
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... knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave , and afforded him an uninterrupted serenity of mind frequently suffusing his countenance with a glow of heavenly beauty . He felt the most profound ...
... knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave , and afforded him an uninterrupted serenity of mind frequently suffusing his countenance with a glow of heavenly beauty . He felt the most profound ...
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... knowledge of several sciences . He was thoroughly acquainted with the theological system of his age , and was well versed in the oriental tongues . He had also ac- quired a considerable knowledge of jurisprudence , but logic ...
... knowledge of several sciences . He was thoroughly acquainted with the theological system of his age , and was well versed in the oriental tongues . He had also ac- quired a considerable knowledge of jurisprudence , but logic ...
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... knowledge almost entirely from himself , it was extremely difficult for him to comprehend any thing suggested by others , if he did not light upon it of his own accord . Hence , it was easier for him to invent than to judge . rightly of ...
... knowledge almost entirely from himself , it was extremely difficult for him to comprehend any thing suggested by others , if he did not light upon it of his own accord . Hence , it was easier for him to invent than to judge . rightly of ...
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