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... learning , who fights and con- quers the vulgar foes of genius . The polite reader may re- member this sort of triumph , illustriously exemplified in the life of William Gifford , the poet ; in the life below of Lambert , the ...
... learning , who fights and con- quers the vulgar foes of genius . The polite reader may re- member this sort of triumph , illustriously exemplified in the life of William Gifford , the poet ; in the life below of Lambert , the ...
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... learning to instruct him gratis , and they had the satisfaction of seeing him improve with a rapidity that exceeded their most sanguine expectations . Thus generously supported , he acquired , in a short time , a knowledge of philosophy ...
... learning to instruct him gratis , and they had the satisfaction of seeing him improve with a rapidity that exceeded their most sanguine expectations . Thus generously supported , he acquired , in a short time , a knowledge of philosophy ...
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... learning doth make thee mad . But he said I am not mad , most noble Festus , but speak forth the words of truth and soberness . Confirmation . For the King knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely ; for I am persuaded ...
... learning doth make thee mad . But he said I am not mad , most noble Festus , but speak forth the words of truth and soberness . Confirmation . For the King knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely ; for I am persuaded ...
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... learning , or refinement of the age in which he lived , as it precludes in some measure the facility of deception , and displays the comparative claim which its hero has upon the applause of posterity seems to be the most generally ...
... learning , or refinement of the age in which he lived , as it precludes in some measure the facility of deception , and displays the comparative claim which its hero has upon the applause of posterity seems to be the most generally ...
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... learning to the purposes of studying the sacred writings in the original , and re - examining the opinions of the sages of the law upon the constitution of his country . But these , which would have occupied the lives of many men , were ...
... learning to the purposes of studying the sacred writings in the original , and re - examining the opinions of the sages of the law upon the constitution of his country . But these , which would have occupied the lives of many men , were ...
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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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