The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 11
... never affirming anything as certain , but by force of reasoning and ar- gument , they gave a direction to the understanding , and disposed it to adopt one opinion in preference to another . Further on were the Sceptics , Pyrrhus ...
... never affirming anything as certain , but by force of reasoning and ar- gument , they gave a direction to the understanding , and disposed it to adopt one opinion in preference to another . Further on were the Sceptics , Pyrrhus ...
Page 12
... their theories , which are never applicable to any emergency , for affairs constantly change , and periods of time differ from each other as much as human faces . From this state of anxiety we were delivered by an 12 THE LITERARY REPUBLIC .
... their theories , which are never applicable to any emergency , for affairs constantly change , and periods of time differ from each other as much as human faces . From this state of anxiety we were delivered by an 12 THE LITERARY REPUBLIC .
Page 13
... never dreamed of , and by changing the words , change the sense , and spoil the whole . At that instant Democritus passed , laughing so immoderately that I was obliged to inquire the cause , surprised to see so wise a philoso- pher so ...
... never dreamed of , and by changing the words , change the sense , and spoil the whole . At that instant Democritus passed , laughing so immoderately that I was obliged to inquire the cause , surprised to see so wise a philoso- pher so ...
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... never saw his face , nor knew any thing of him . As for myself , I can say without vanity , that I have always been considered mild and gentle , and though I have genius , I never exercised it to the injury of others . If in my youth ...
... never saw his face , nor knew any thing of him . As for myself , I can say without vanity , that I have always been considered mild and gentle , and though I have genius , I never exercised it to the injury of others . If in my youth ...
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... never with more ardour and success , than by republi- cans . It engages particularly their attention , because it opens to them the widest avenue to distinction . Compared to it , the influence of the other at- tributes , which elevate ...
... never with more ardour and success , than by republi- cans . It engages particularly their attention , because it opens to them the widest avenue to distinction . Compared to it , the influence of the other at- tributes , which elevate ...
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