The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 18
We entered and discovered on an elevated seat the three judges so celebrated by the ancients , Minos , Eachus , and Rhadamanthus ; they opened the court , and an old man rose to defend a cause ; his hair was gray , his head and hands ...
We entered and discovered on an elevated seat the three judges so celebrated by the ancients , Minos , Eachus , and Rhadamanthus ; they opened the court , and an old man rose to defend a cause ; his hair was gray , his head and hands ...
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Why , Sir John , do you think , though we would have thrust virtue out of our hearts by the head and shoulders , and have given ourselves without scruple to hell , that ever the Devil could have made you our delight ? Ford .
Why , Sir John , do you think , though we would have thrust virtue out of our hearts by the head and shoulders , and have given ourselves without scruple to hell , that ever the Devil could have made you our delight ? Ford .
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It is easy to see that there is much error and extravagance in it ; and that the fault , thus imputed to the people at large , can only fall on the head of the editors or publishers of newspapers . As to the contempt cast upon the ...
It is easy to see that there is much error and extravagance in it ; and that the fault , thus imputed to the people at large , can only fall on the head of the editors or publishers of newspapers . As to the contempt cast upon the ...
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He at length appeared , as if disturbed from sleep , in a dishabille with a Madras handkerchief round his head , and having , with all the dignity and importance of a great man addressing his inferiors , asked us several questions ...
He at length appeared , as if disturbed from sleep , in a dishabille with a Madras handkerchief round his head , and having , with all the dignity and importance of a great man addressing his inferiors , asked us several questions ...
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Christophe , in one instance , where some of his men showed a disposition to give way in battle , had their heads instantaneously struck off , as an example to the rest . They are remarkably polite and civil to cach other .
Christophe , in one instance , where some of his men showed a disposition to give way in battle , had their heads instantaneously struck off , as an example to the rest . They are remarkably polite and civil to cach other .
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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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