The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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1 There is a striking exemplification of multiplied emphasis in the dialogue between Sampson and Dalila in Milton's Sampson Agonistes : Dal . In argument with men , a woman ever And again , Goes by the worst , whatever be her cause .
1 There is a striking exemplification of multiplied emphasis in the dialogue between Sampson and Dalila in Milton's Sampson Agonistes : Dal . In argument with men , a woman ever And again , Goes by the worst , whatever be her cause .
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At that instant Democritus passed , laughing so immoderately that I was obliged to inquire the cause , surprised to see so ... I will satisfy it by representing the general causes , that you may not attribute this indulgence to folly .
At that instant Democritus passed , laughing so immoderately that I was obliged to inquire the cause , surprised to see so ... I will satisfy it by representing the general causes , that you may not attribute this indulgence to folly .
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... necessary to penetrate their causes , and these , though the historians relate them , are uncertain , imaginary , or received from the voice of the vulgar , the blind , the ignorant , for few or none of those who write were present ...
... necessary to penetrate their causes , and these , though the historians relate them , are uncertain , imaginary , or received from the voice of the vulgar , the blind , the ignorant , for few or none of those who write were present ...
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... and a thousand other productions differently dressed , and so cheap that I thought they were the causes of the ... and an old man rose to defend a cause ; his hair was gray , his head and hands trembled , he supported himself on a ...
... and a thousand other productions differently dressed , and so cheap that I thought they were the causes of the ... and an old man rose to defend a cause ; his hair was gray , his head and hands trembled , he supported himself on a ...
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After a week's study a man may safely conclude that a certain battle has been fought , or a certain treaty has been ratified ; but as to the causes and circumstances that belong to them , the memory is merely burthened with a discordant ...
After a week's study a man may safely conclude that a certain battle has been fought , or a certain treaty has been ratified ; but as to the causes and circumstances that belong to them , the memory is merely burthened with a discordant ...
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 2 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, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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