The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 13
Yet this fondness has not only supported me through the labour of study and exalted the pleasure of practice , but has stimulated every exertion not only to render my works ...
Yet this fondness has not only supported me through the labour of study and exalted the pleasure of practice , but has stimulated every exertion not only to render my works ...
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... And although to insure durability to his picture ' would be an inducement to the painter to bestow some extra labour or attention on it ; yet so great are the other difficulties in his art that he generallyprefers the easisest means ...
... And although to insure durability to his picture ' would be an inducement to the painter to bestow some extra labour or attention on it ; yet so great are the other difficulties in his art that he generallyprefers the easisest means ...
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It has been observed that unless the natural powers of the human mind be exci by the prospect of some excellence which can only be attained with labour and difficulty , it is too apt to be diverted by every trifling impression , or to ...
It has been observed that unless the natural powers of the human mind be exci by the prospect of some excellence which can only be attained with labour and difficulty , it is too apt to be diverted by every trifling impression , or to ...
Page 46
His knowledge of science was so extensive , and his love of study so ardent that what were to others the cause of anxiety and labour were to him the principal sources of delight . Among those men to whom no intricacy is perplexing he ...
His knowledge of science was so extensive , and his love of study so ardent that what were to others the cause of anxiety and labour were to him the principal sources of delight . Among those men to whom no intricacy is perplexing he ...
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Among this class of the community , more virtuous and patriotic by far , yet not so much enlightened by an intercourse with the busy world , as the inhabitants of cities , industry is considered a cardinal virtue and manual labour the ...
Among this class of the community , more virtuous and patriotic by far , yet not so much enlightened by an intercourse with the busy world , as the inhabitants of cities , industry is considered a cardinal virtue and manual labour the ...
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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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