The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... talent of infallible prophecy , and my respected parents , all prognosti- cated that I should prove the very image and counterpart of my reverend ancestor . Whether they were mistaken or not , will peradventure be discover'd hereafter ...
... talent of infallible prophecy , and my respected parents , all prognosti- cated that I should prove the very image and counterpart of my reverend ancestor . Whether they were mistaken or not , will peradventure be discover'd hereafter ...
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... talent for mathematics now displayed itself in a most conspicuous and decided manner . Pascal's example stimu- lated him to invent an accounting machine , while the numerous occasions he had for an accurate chronometer actuated him to ...
... talent for mathematics now displayed itself in a most conspicuous and decided manner . Pascal's example stimu- lated him to invent an accounting machine , while the numerous occasions he had for an accurate chronometer actuated him to ...
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... talents and in contributing to their improve- ment . Unbiassed by Flattery or Vanity , he judged with impartiality both of himself and others . But the habitude of speaking as decidedly and freely of his own merits and defects as of ...
... talents and in contributing to their improve- ment . Unbiassed by Flattery or Vanity , he judged with impartiality both of himself and others . But the habitude of speaking as decidedly and freely of his own merits and defects as of ...
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... talents and act accordingly.— Though in most cases nature may be much assisted and impro- ved by art and exercise . It is impossible however to gain a just pronunciation and expression of voice and gesture without prac- tice and an ...
... talents and act accordingly.— Though in most cases nature may be much assisted and impro- ved by art and exercise . It is impossible however to gain a just pronunciation and expression of voice and gesture without prac- tice and an ...
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... talents upon the continent , be- tween the terms ; and three doctors recommend themselves to practice by making up their own prescriptions , and frequently adopting the simples which were used by the Indian natives . No printer has ever ...
... talents upon the continent , be- tween the terms ; and three doctors recommend themselves to practice by making up their own prescriptions , and frequently adopting the simples which were used by the Indian natives . No printer has ever ...
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