The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 5
... speak of myself , I cannot do it directly . I love to make a little enigma of the thing , by means of collateral bints and oblique references . For this reason I have ever ex- tolled the célebrated answer of the prince of Saxony ...
... speak of myself , I cannot do it directly . I love to make a little enigma of the thing , by means of collateral bints and oblique references . For this reason I have ever ex- tolled the célebrated answer of the prince of Saxony ...
Page 10
... speaking as decidedly and freely of his own merits and defects as of those of others made him frequently appear a boaster to those who did not sufficiently know him . He was wedded to his opinions , and relinquished them , with great ...
... speaking as decidedly and freely of his own merits and defects as of those of others made him frequently appear a boaster to those who did not sufficiently know him . He was wedded to his opinions , and relinquished them , with great ...
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... speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of sur- rounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered , as he always ...
... speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of sur- rounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered , as he always ...
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... Speaking . GENTLEMEN , In every species of composition there are certain rules adap- ted to the proper or scientific arrangement of its respective parts . When such rules are neglected it will be rendered crude and uninteresting to a ...
... Speaking . GENTLEMEN , In every species of composition there are certain rules adap- ted to the proper or scientific arrangement of its respective parts . When such rules are neglected it will be rendered crude and uninteresting to a ...
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... speaking unto me , and saying in the Hebrew tongue , Saul , Saul , why persecutest thou me ? And I said , who art thou ... speak freely ; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him ; for this thing was 28 RHETORIC .
... speaking unto me , and saying in the Hebrew tongue , Saul , Saul , why persecutest thou me ? And I said , who art thou ... speak freely ; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him ; for this thing was 28 RHETORIC .
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