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If it ever becomes necessary to speak of myself , I cannot do it directly . I love to make a little enigma of the thing , by means of collateral kints and oblique references . For this reason I have ever extolled the celebrated answer ...
If it ever becomes necessary to speak of myself , I cannot do it directly . I love to make a little enigma of the thing , by means of collateral kints and oblique references . For this reason I have ever extolled the celebrated answer ...
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But the habitude of 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 ...
But the habitude of 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 ...
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Whenever he happened to speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of surrounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered ...
Whenever he happened to speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of surrounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered ...
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LECTURE XII , Of the constituent parts of a regular discourse ; with exemplifications of the different kinds of public Speaking . GENTLEMEN , In every species of composition there are certain rules adapted to the proper or scientific ...
LECTURE XII , Of the constituent parts of a regular discourse ; with exemplifications of the different kinds of public Speaking . GENTLEMEN , In every species of composition there are certain rules adapted to the proper or scientific ...
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But he said I am not mad , most noble Festus , but speak forth the words of truth and soberness . Confirmation . For the King knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely ; for I am persuaded that none of these : 3 things are ...
But he said I am not mad , most noble Festus , but speak forth the words of truth and soberness . Confirmation . For the King knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely ; for I am persuaded that none of these : 3 things are ...
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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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