The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... than attractive by his elegance to his friends , is Julius Cæsar , the most perfect production of Nature in genius , valour , and judgment . Succeeding him in the robes of a courtier , though 10 THE LITERARY REPUBLIC .
... than attractive by his elegance to his friends , is Julius Cæsar , the most perfect production of Nature in genius , valour , and judgment . Succeeding him in the robes of a courtier , though 10 THE LITERARY REPUBLIC .
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... genius and men de- voted to science , always irresolute and wavering among a variety of opinions ; skilful in argument , but weak in execution ; and dangerous with their theories , which are never applicable to any emergency , for ...
... genius and men de- voted to science , always irresolute and wavering among a variety of opinions ; skilful in argument , but weak in execution ; and dangerous with their theories , which are never applicable to any emergency , for ...
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... genius , interpret malignantly the proceedings of those who go- vern , and as vice and virtue border on each other , they call the brave rash , the generous prodigal , the prudent weak , and the cautious timid . Another fault not less ...
... genius , interpret malignantly the proceedings of those who go- vern , and as vice and virtue border on each other , they call the brave rash , the generous prodigal , the prudent weak , and the cautious timid . Another fault not less ...
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... genius , forgetful of its generous liberty , obeys the words and ideas of legislators , as if laws were not founded on the fixed principles of nature . I know not why they call their Jurisprudence a science , being the daughter of the ...
... genius , forgetful of its generous liberty , obeys the words and ideas of legislators , as if laws were not founded on the fixed principles of nature . I know not why they call their Jurisprudence a science , being the daughter of the ...
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... genius , I never exercised it to the injury of others . If in my youth I was free in affairs of love , I was exiled for it , and nobody should be punished twice for the same fault . But if we have all fallen into er- ror , was it for ...
... genius , I never exercised it to the injury of others . If in my youth I was free in affairs of love , I was exiled for it , and nobody should be punished twice for the same fault . But if we have all fallen into er- ror , was it for ...
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