The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Sitting , standing or walking , in society or solitude , for one entire day , there was hardly any other subject , that occupied his mind . At length , like the trumpeter's wife in the tale of Slawkenbergius , he determined not to close ...
Sitting , standing or walking , in society or solitude , for one entire day , there was hardly any other subject , that occupied his mind . At length , like the trumpeter's wife in the tale of Slawkenbergius , he determined not to close ...
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Whether like Paschal and Montaigne the gerine of his genius expanded in an early blossom , and unseasonably ripen'd into lasting luxuriance ; or like Young and Goldsmith , his mind was long concealed , before it spread its opulence and ...
Whether like Paschal and Montaigne the gerine of his genius expanded in an early blossom , and unseasonably ripen'd into lasting luxuriance ; or like Young and Goldsmith , his mind was long concealed , before it spread its opulence and ...
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Advancing with this temper of mind I shall apply my best exertions to impart 6 ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ; " but should they fail at last , I may exclaiin with the dying Mezentius . Nullum in caede nefus , nec sic ad ...
Advancing with this temper of mind I shall apply my best exertions to impart 6 ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ; " but should they fail at last , I may exclaiin with the dying Mezentius . Nullum in caede nefus , nec sic ad ...
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... of the imperfection of our 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 .
... of the imperfection of our 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 .
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His mind was constantly unruffled . He generally was at his writing desk from five o'clock in ? the morning till noon , and from two o'clock in the afternoon , till midnight , without indulging himself in any kind of recreation ...
His mind was constantly unruffled . He generally was at his writing desk from five o'clock in ? the morning till noon , and from two o'clock in the afternoon , till midnight , without indulging himself in any kind of recreation ...
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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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