The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... the reader's orthoepy and emphasis , his oratory will be but as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal . " The object of language is to communicate information to the 66 mind or improvement to the understanding , which are certainly.
... the reader's orthoepy and emphasis , his oratory will be but as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal . " The object of language is to communicate information to the 66 mind or improvement to the understanding , which are certainly.
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... an object to excite laughter rather than lamentation ? This reprimand , accompanied by a flood of tears , was not sufficient to damp the mirth of the other . I laughed at both , because I saw that they were both actuated by envy and ...
... an object to excite laughter rather than lamentation ? This reprimand , accompanied by a flood of tears , was not sufficient to damp the mirth of the other . I laughed at both , because I saw that they were both actuated by envy and ...
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... we would cheerfully insert the whole of this admirable production , not only as an example of superior composition , but as conveying a much clearer exposition , than we can hope to give , of the ' plan and objects of the work .
... we would cheerfully insert the whole of this admirable production , not only as an example of superior composition , but as conveying a much clearer exposition , than we can hope to give , of the ' plan and objects of the work .
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Whatever tends to improve , or widen the dominion of speech cannot be an object of indifference to a free people . Eloquence has always been admired and studied , but never with more ardour and success , than by republicans .
Whatever tends to improve , or widen the dominion of speech cannot be an object of indifference to a free people . Eloquence has always been admired and studied , but never with more ardour and success , than by republicans .
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Since , then , it could not be fully effected , his object was to comply with the wishes of his patroness as nearly and after enlivening the scenes of the two Henrys , and surpassing in interest even Hotspur and the Prince of Wales ...
Since , then , it could not be fully effected , his object was to comply with the wishes of his patroness as nearly and after enlivening the scenes of the two Henrys , and surpassing in interest even Hotspur and the Prince of Wales ...
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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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