The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 90
... this world and in the next , that retributive and " untried state of being " to which we are all rapidly advancing , and in which our condition will be inconceivably happy or miserable , " according to the deeds done in the body .
... this world and in the next , that retributive and " untried state of being " to which we are all rapidly advancing , and in which our condition will be inconceivably happy or miserable , " according to the deeds done in the body .
Page 102
I could perceive , as he went along the corridor of the ancient convent , that he told the boys we met , who I was , with his fingers ; several of them appeared to be conversing , and all of them seemed cheerful and happy .
I could perceive , as he went along the corridor of the ancient convent , that he told the boys we met , who I was , with his fingers ; several of them appeared to be conversing , and all of them seemed cheerful and happy .
Page 103
... home and give the blessed information to his parents , and to his brothers and sisters ; and when he was informed that the government had decreed him twelve hundred livres a year , as an assistant teacher : " ah , how happy I am !
... home and give the blessed information to his parents , and to his brothers and sisters ; and when he was informed that the government had decreed him twelve hundred livres a year , as an assistant teacher : " ah , how happy I am !
Page 106
... and imagination , and the moral sense ; and new sources of enjoyment opened out or an attempt ( as an illustrious friend once expressed the thought to me ) to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy more happy .
... and imagination , and the moral sense ; and new sources of enjoyment opened out or an attempt ( as an illustrious friend once expressed the thought to me ) to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy more happy .
Page 126
But rare and happy is that scribbler whose most hasty effusions are marked by novelty and elegance : in whose wildest rhapsodies there exists a latent order , which indicates a mind so habitually clear in its conceptions , so thoroughly ...
But rare and happy is that scribbler whose most hasty effusions are marked by novelty and elegance : in whose wildest rhapsodies there exists a latent order , which indicates a mind so habitually clear in its conceptions , so thoroughly ...
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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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