The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquieu would ask to be ac- quainted with the region of his birth . Whether he first drew his breath under the tropics or at the poles ; whether THE ...
... persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquieu would ask to be ac- quainted with the region of his birth . Whether he first drew his breath under the tropics or at the poles ; whether THE ...
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... persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered , as he always represented his ideas in that order in which they arose in his mind ; and when he was interrupted , resumed his ...
... persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered , as he always represented his ideas in that order in which they arose in his mind ; and when he was interrupted , resumed his ...
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... person that was ever executed on the island was an indian , who had committed mur- der upon the high seas ; and corporal punishment ( once so freely dispensed in Newengland , and not unknown even in the best days of Pennsylvania ) has ...
... person that was ever executed on the island was an indian , who had committed mur- der upon the high seas ; and corporal punishment ( once so freely dispensed in Newengland , and not unknown even in the best days of Pennsylvania ) has ...
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... persons who first risked the innova- tion , one was persuaded to renounce the unbecoming indulgence , and the other only retained it in consideration of delicate health , and on condition of lending it to others in the same predicament ...
... persons who first risked the innova- tion , one was persuaded to renounce the unbecoming indulgence , and the other only retained it in consideration of delicate health , and on condition of lending it to others in the same predicament ...
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... Persons of note are saluted by every body they meet ; and the popular name of captain is often bestowed on respecta- ble people , who never followed the sea , and perpetuated , as a creditable title , like that of squire on the ...
... Persons of note are saluted by every body they meet ; and the popular name of captain is often bestowed on respecta- ble people , who never followed the sea , and perpetuated , as a creditable title , like that of squire on the ...
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