The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... never appeared in a drawing room , without committing some misprision against the graces , who was never placed under the elegant discipline of the dancing master , or bred amid the refinements of the Lyce- um ; how shall I introduce ...
... never appeared in a drawing room , without committing some misprision against the graces , who was never placed under the elegant discipline of the dancing master , or bred amid the refinements of the Lyce- um ; how shall I introduce ...
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... never excelled , or even equalled by any man ; though he never manifested the least sign of that impa- tience , which is so common with people of an active mind , and パープ involved in a multiplicity of occupations . His mind 10 LIFE ...
... never excelled , or even equalled by any man ; though he never manifested the least sign of that impa- tience , which is so common with people of an active mind , and パープ involved in a multiplicity of occupations . His mind 10 LIFE ...
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... never liable to crack nor scale off . But it is in the execution of the paint- ing that some of the greatest advantages occur ; and from the quickness with which the spirits of turpentine evaporate and the advantage afforded by heating ...
... never liable to crack nor scale off . But it is in the execution of the paint- ing that some of the greatest advantages occur ; and from the quickness with which the spirits of turpentine evaporate and the advantage afforded by heating ...
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... never more than half a minute of uncertainty . At present , he warrants sextants of fifteen inches radius to within six seconds . Since the time when he first improved these instruments , he has constructed nearly a thou- sand ; and ...
... never more than half a minute of uncertainty . At present , he warrants sextants of fifteen inches radius to within six seconds . Since the time when he first improved these instruments , he has constructed nearly a thou- sand ; and ...
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... never exhibited the slightest symptom of congelation in the extremest cold . Of this the author might have informed himself , had he perused any modern elementary work upon chemistry ; and more especially that of Thomson , which is now ...
... never exhibited the slightest symptom of congelation in the extremest cold . Of this the author might have informed himself , had he perused any modern elementary work upon chemistry ; and more especially that of Thomson , which is now ...
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