The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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tion and temper of mind equally becoming the christian and the man . a Though Mr. Chew had , at this time , but little more than emerged from a state of minority , yet had he already acquired a distinction and a maturity of reputation ...
tion and temper of mind equally becoming the christian and the man . a Though Mr. Chew had , at this time , but little more than emerged from a state of minority , yet had he already acquired a distinction and a maturity of reputation ...
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tion which introduced him to an active and conspicuous part in most of the leading occurrences of the day - Recorder of the city of Philadelphia . On this office he conferred dignity , reputation and effect , from the year 1755 to the ...
tion which introduced him to an active and conspicuous part in most of the leading occurrences of the day - Recorder of the city of Philadelphia . On this office he conferred dignity , reputation and effect , from the year 1755 to the ...
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... who still took him to their bosom as a companion and friend , would have gladly received him to a share in their public counsels , could they have shaken by any means the resolus tion he had formed to remain in a private station .
... who still took him to their bosom as a companion and friend , would have gladly received him to a share in their public counsels , could they have shaken by any means the resolus tion he had formed to remain in a private station .
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The other reason which I promised to state is this : Females who are involved in the projected establishment , are supposed to be less tender of reputa .. tion , and consequently , less fit than men to deal out honours for the brow of ...
The other reason which I promised to state is this : Females who are involved in the projected establishment , are supposed to be less tender of reputa .. tion , and consequently , less fit than men to deal out honours for the brow of ...
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Societies exist in which prizes are given to those who produce birds nearest to the standard of imaginary perfec . tion , A Pouter is a bird of which the crop is capable of being so much distended with wind . that the animal appears to ...
Societies exist in which prizes are given to those who produce birds nearest to the standard of imaginary perfec . tion , A Pouter is a bird of which the crop is capable of being so much distended with wind . that the animal appears to ...
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