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... the tones , the gestures must be accommoclated to their nature , but , says professor Ware ! in his system of oratory , “ an crator should always keep within those bounds which nature seems to have prescribed for him .
... the tones , the gestures must be accommoclated to their nature , but , says professor Ware ! in his system of oratory , “ an crator should always keep within those bounds which nature seems to have prescribed for him .
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... 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 us - fi ' The inspective merits of Homer , of Alfred and ...
... 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 us - fi ' The inspective merits of Homer , of Alfred and ...
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... never having shared in the credulity of those who were seduced by so singular an imposture , he cannot be suspected of exaggerating the inconceivable circumstances which might in some measure seem as an excuse for this credulity .
... never having shared in the credulity of those who were seduced by so singular an imposture , he cannot be suspected of exaggerating the inconceivable circumstances which might in some measure seem as an excuse for this credulity .
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Freed from the clouds and wild misrule of the passions , and gilded by the calm sunshine of reacor , virtue and piety , it seems to stand on middle ground , and to partake of a middle nature , between human and divine .
Freed from the clouds and wild misrule of the passions , and gilded by the calm sunshine of reacor , virtue and piety , it seems to stand on middle ground , and to partake of a middle nature , between human and divine .
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Already they seem to sigh in the west windalready they mingle with every echo from the mountains . “ Let us not hesitate then to agree to the ... And in this progress what seems to be fiction is found to fall short of experience .
Already they seem to sigh in the west windalready they mingle with every echo from the mountains . “ Let us not hesitate then to agree to the ... And in this progress what seems to be fiction is found to fall short of experience .
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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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