The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Advancing with this temper of mind I shall apply my best cxertions to impart “ ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ; ” but should they fail at last , I may exclaim with the dying Wczentius . Nullum i ciele nzfils , nec sic ad ...
Advancing with this temper of mind I shall apply my best cxertions to impart “ ardour to virtue and confidence to truth ; ” but should they fail at last , I may exclaim with the dying Wczentius . Nullum i ciele nzfils , nec sic ad ...
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... on several coats of colour the same day or successive days , and finally to give a superior degree of finish in delicacy , transparency and truth of colouring or shading with the least sacrifice of the time of the sitter or model .
... on several coats of colour the same day or successive days , and finally to give a superior degree of finish in delicacy , transparency and truth of colouring or shading with the least sacrifice of the time of the sitter or model .
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It is unnecessary to prove this remark , even to the author ; as he has admitted the truth of it , in a previous paragraph . “ Hydrostatics and hydraulics are usually combined in a course of philosophical study ; for as the first treats ...
It is unnecessary to prove this remark , even to the author ; as he has admitted the truth of it , in a previous paragraph . “ Hydrostatics and hydraulics are usually combined in a course of philosophical study ; for as the first treats ...
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The author next observes , “ It may perhaps be urged in objection to the truth of the assertion that air does not possess the qualities of fixation ; that whenever it becomes one of the component parts of a natural body , it is in that ...
The author next observes , “ It may perhaps be urged in objection to the truth of the assertion that air does not possess the qualities of fixation ; that whenever it becomes one of the component parts of a natural body , it is in that ...
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Some addresses indeed require nothing more than an enlargement or illustration to place those proofs in a proper light , and so forcibly to recommend their subject as to produce conviction of its truth and propriety in the minds of the ...
Some addresses indeed require nothing more than an enlargement or illustration to place those proofs in a proper light , and so forcibly to recommend their subject as to produce conviction of its truth and propriety in the minds of the ...
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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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